The Asian Games torch will
travel at a less hectic pace Thursday in the Qatar capital before its final
duty,the opening ceremony on Friday before 50,000 spectators at Khalifa Stadium.
The official Asian Games Doha 2006
torch relay ambassador ride a motorcycle as he holds the torch
of the 15th Asian Games in Doha,the capital of Qatar November 29, 2006.
The 2006 Asian Games will take place in the Qatar capital Doha December 1
to 15. [Xinhua]
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Along the way to the stadium, it will
be carried by present and former Qatar Asian Games athletes and travel on a race
car, bicycle and Harley Davidson motorcycle.
The flame has traveled 50,000 kilometers (30,000 miles) through 15 countries
in Asia over two months. It arrived in Qatar last Saturday, and has spent the
past four days traveling through the small Persian Gulf country's less
well-known cities of Al Zubara, Durkhan, Al Wakra and Al Khor, and the Inland
Sea.
On Thursday, the torch will leave Barzan Castle at sunrise, then through to
the Doha Golf Club, the exclusive Diplomatic Club and the Qatar Sports Centre.
The torch will spend the eve of the opening ceremonies at Corniche Park in the
city, a popular seaside gathering point and tourism attraction.
Torchbearers on the final day will include Nada Zeidan, Qatar's first female
rally driver and a member of the country's archery team, and Khalifa Al Hitmi, a
former Qatari sailor and rower who competed at the 1994 Asian Games in
Hiroshima, Japan.