Well-organized Olympic relay completes smoothly in Pyongyang
中国驻朝鲜大使刘晓明（左）在中朝友谊塔前与朝鲜火炬手交接。
The Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, the 18th leg of the global tour, was completed at around 15:00, local time, as the last torch bearer kindled the Olympic cauldron in the Kim Il Sung Stadium.
Chong Song Ok, crowned at the 1999 world athletics championships and hailed as "Marathon Queen" by DPRK media, ran up to the cauldron in the Kim Il Sung Stadium. When she kindled the Olympic cauldron with the flame, the spectators broke out in applause.
Chong told Xinhua that the marathon is a symbol of the Olympic Games, and the Olympic torch relay has a special meaning for her as a former marathoner.
"Holding the last torch and running to the cauldron reminded me of making the final dash in the marathon," she said.
Tens of thousands of dressed up Koreans, Chinese businessmen and overseas students in the DPRK watched the ceremony, cheering and holding up banners that read "Congratulations to the Successful Completion of Olympic Torch Relay in Pyongyang!"; "Cheer for Beijing, Cheer for Pyongyang, Cheer for the Olympic Games"; "China-DPRK Friendship Passed on from Generation to Generation."
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