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Greek sprinter Ekaterini Thanou, the silver medal in the 100m at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, carried the flame inside the Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens on Wednesday at 19.50, marking the end of the first part of the relay flame in Greece.

More than 30 000 spectators were present to attend the ceremony in the stadium which has hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896.

“I am convinced that despite the difficult times facing humanity today due to violence ‘free’ and the resurgence of religious fanaticism and other kinds of fanaticism, the Olympic flame, which is symbolic intact today, will succeed in reviving the people’s belief in ideals and renew their love for timeless principles and values, “said the chairman of the Olympic Committee of Greece, Lambis Nikolaou.

“By this time sacred and symbolic, with the arrival of the flame in Athens, Greece that combines past, present and future Olympic Games and gives an idea of the Olympics as we organize unique” , said the chairman of the organizing committee for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Gianna Angelopoulos Daskalaki, after receiving the torch from the hands of Nikolaou.

The flame was lit last Thursday by Thalia Prokopiou and conducted a tour of six days in Peloponnese (South) last week, she will stage until 4 June.

(Xinhua)

奥运圣火抵达雅典

希腊短跑选手塔努萨鲁，在2000年的悉尼奥运会100米银牌，周三刊登球场内Panathenaic火焰在雅典市中心的19.50美元，标志着接力的第一部分结束圣火在希腊。

超过30万名观众到场参加在大球场已仪式在1896年举办第一届现代奥运会。

“我深信，尽管困难时期，人类今天所面临的因暴力’自由’和宗教狂热和其他类型的狂热主义的复苏，奥运圣火，这是象征性的今天完整，将成功地恢复人们的理想信念，并重申他们对永恒的原则和价值观的爱“表示，希腊，Lambis尼克劳奥委会主席。

这时神圣的象征意义与在雅典，希腊，结合了过去，现在和未来的奥运会圣火的到来，“并给出了一个奥运会的想法，因为我们组织的独特”说，组委会在2004年雅典奥运会主席扎斯卡拉基，在收到的尼克劳手中的火炬。

点燃的火焰上周四塔利亚Prokopiou，并进行了6天的行程中伯罗奔尼撒（南）上周，她将于6月4日为止。

日电（记者）