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Olympic flame reaches Spain
EMPUR1ES. Spain, June 14: The Olympic flame arrived at dusk Saturday after a six-day crossing
of the Mcdlte-rranean Sea to begin a tour of Spain that ends at the Summer Games in Barcelona, reports AP
A rowboat brought the flame onto the beach at this ancient port 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Barcelona, serenaded by a chorus and the haunting sound of tenoras — oboe-like instruments from this Catalan region of northeastern Spain.
The flame then was used to light a cauldron built on a Greco Roman wall more than 2.000 years old, and the caul dron ignited the first official torch of the 43-day relay.
The first torch was carried by Miquel Noguer. a yachting gold medallist al the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the only person of Catalan origin to win an Olympic event, and by former Spanish cross country champion Carmen Valero.
A protestor Jumped on the wall during the ceremony and
draped a banner saying "Freedom for Catalunya" on the statue holding the cauldron. It 1s the first of many such banners expected during the Olympics — a vocal minority of Catalans want independence from Spain.
Spanish television carefully avoided showing the banner, focusing instead only on the flame itself.
More than 25.000 people lined the beach to welcome the flame.
The flame will cover 5.960 kilometers (3.690 miles) on Its trip around Spain. Among the 9,484 torch runners and bicyclists will be 72-year-old Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch.
The flame, ignited by the sun s rays a week ago in Olympia, Greece, will travel by plane, ship and hydrofoil — as well as on bicycle and foot — during Its sojourn.
The cost of the relay, which ends at the July 25 opening ceremonies in Barcelona. Is dlrs 10 million — half of which Is being underwritten by corporations.
The flame will be escorted
at all times by 120 police and civil guardsmen arranged In three concentric security rings. An auxiliary flame will be on hand in case the one being carried goes out.
The lighting of the cauldron was celebrated with a series of speeches by actors reading from scripts, as well as Catalan music and dance.
A speech by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was read by her son. Alexander Aris, because Suu Kyi is under house arrest in Rangoon. Burma.