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圣火传递活动在布宜诺斯艾利斯圆满结束
2008奥运火炬的传递接力于周五在阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯圆满结束，传递路线全长13.8公里。
这也是奥运史上第一次将圣火在拉丁美洲传递。
圣火传递仪式在马德罗港的生态公园举行，布宜诺斯艾利斯市市长毛里西奥马克里说：“我非常荣幸布宜诺斯艾利斯被选为拉丁美洲的代表，同时为圣火传递仪式在这里举行感到自豪。”
他还说：“我非常高兴仪式在这里举行，同时作为拉丁美洲的代表是万分荣幸的。”
“奥运会是一个友谊的象征，是一个共同分享的时刻，像社会一样哺育着我们，我们希望实现自己的梦想！”他说。
市长郑重的将火炬交给阿根廷帆船名将卡洛斯埃斯皮诺拉，由他开始第一棒。
现年36岁的帆船名将曾在之前的奥运会中夺得两枚银牌和一枚铜牌，他说他会尽全力在北京奥运赛场上实现他的金牌梦想。
80名火炬手参加了火炬的传递，其中有曲棍球名将奥内托，自行车名将古鲁切特，游泳名将乔吉娜·巴尔达奇还有沃特斯等其他前奥运名将。
此项活动被阿根廷奥组委主席批准，当天的圣火传递活动就像在欢度节日一样，到处是喜悦的气氛，同时，这也是这历史城市的象征。
卡萨内洛出席了在北京举行的第16届奥组委讨论会上表示，我们会尽力将火炬接力仪式搞成欢乐的节日活动。
“奥运会是世界和平的象征，是没有暴力的象征，我们要在阿根廷把奥运传递办成盛大的节日活动。”
奥运火炬传递的下一站是坦桑尼亚的首都达累斯萨拉姆。
Olympic torch relay concludes in Buenos Aires
The 2008 Olympic torch relay concluded in Buenos Aires after a 13.8 kilometers journey through the capital city of Argentina on Friday.
It is the first time in Olympic history that the Olympic flame being passed through the Latin American city.
In the ceremony which kicked off the torch relay at Lola Mora amphitheatre in the port district, mayor Mauricio Marci said he was proud that Buenos Aires being selected as "the Latin American representatives" in the Olympic torch relay.
The mayor said that "it is a great joy to be the hosts of a party like the one is taking place today, it is a proud to be the Latin American representatives" in Olympic torch relay.
"The Olympic Games is a moment of brotherhood, of life time sharing, that feed us and made us better as society. We hope to beat the high of the expectations", the mayor said.
The mayor then handed the torch to the first runner, triple Olympic medal winner Carlos "Camau" Espinola who said afterwards that he was hornored to be the first torchbearer.
The 36-year-old windsurfer, who had won two silver and one bronze medals at previous Olympic Games, said he would try to fulfill his "golden dream" at the Beijing Olympic Games.
80 torchbearers took part in the relay through Buenos Aires, among them are field hockey player Vanina Oneto, cyclist Juan Curuchet, swimmer Georgina Bardach, waterskier Jorge Renosto and other sportsmen and former sportsmen.
Large crowds lined the relay route to mark the historic moment of the city and the torch relay turned out to be a "festive event" as promised by Julio Cassanello, president of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA).
Cassanello, who is in Beijing to attend the 16th conference of national and regional Olympic committees, said on Thursday "we will make the torch relay a festive event for all in Buenos Aires and in Argentina".
"The Olympics is about peace of the world, not violence. We will make the torch relay in Argentina a festive event," said the COA president.
The Olympic flame will leave on Friday afternoon for Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania.
