Paralympic torch relay begins its final leg

Wang Juan(L) receives the torch. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

(BEIJING, Sept. 5) -- The Beijing leg of the 2008 Paralympic Torch Relay began at 8:30 a.m. from the China Millennium Monument in Beijing.

Wang Juan, a Paralympic athlete from the Beijing Sports and Vocational Training Center for the Disabled, was the first torchbearer.