BUENOS AIRES, April 11 (Xinhua) -- 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.

Torchbearer Javier Conte raise the torch during the torch relay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 11, 2008. Buenos Aires is the 7th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland

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.

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