The Beijing Olympic Torch Relay will take place in KL on April 21, 2008. Each torchbearers will run a distance of 250 meters, within a time of 2.5 minutes, making a total distance covered by the 80 torchbearers to be 20 km.

“The Olympic Torch Relay in Kuala Lumpur will also publicize the Visit Malaysia Year Campaign, which has been extended to August 31, 2008, through the live TV coverage of the Relay throughout the world,” he added.

This will be the second time that Malaysia hosts this run, the first being during the run-up to Tokyo Games in 1964, according to Imran Ja’afar, president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia.

It will begin from Merdeka (Independent) Square, passing Merdeka Stadium, and through various places including KL Tower and KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Center), he said.

After KL, the torch relay will move to Jakarta, capital of Indonesia.

The relay will have the longest route in the Olympic Torch Relay history, involving 21,880 torchbearers who will cover a total distance of 137,000 km in 130 days.

The relay will begin on March 25, 2008 with the lighting of the flame at Olympia, followed by a one-week journey to Athens, where Greek Olympic Committee passes the torch to a representative of China on March 30, 2008.

From Beijing, the relay winds across Asia, Europe, America, Africa, Oceania, and then back to Asia and China before the torch ignites the cauldron at the opening ceremony on August 8, 2008.

The Olympic Torch Relay, themed “Journey of Harmony” and sloganized as “Light the Passion Share the Dream”, will cover 21 cities.

One of the highlights of this relay will be the ascent of the Olympic Flame to the highest peak in the world, Mt. Qomolangma.

Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Realy Planned Route Map

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