Yu Zhengsheng, the Party secretary of the city, lit the torch at 9:30am at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade before a cheering crowd. He handed over the flame to blind long jumper Zhao Jihong, a Shanghai Paralympic athlete. Zhao was the first Chinese athlete to break a Paralympic record in 1984 at the New York Paralympic Games, and has won four golds, three silvers and one bronze medal in three Paralympics.
The torch run covered 3.1 kilometers and passed through Donghua University, Songjiang New City before ending at the Shanghai Recovery Center for Disabled Persons.
Spectators wave flags during the Beijing 2008 Paralympics torch relay in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 1, 2008.
Sixty torch bearers took part in the relay, including 12 physically challenged people. Song Xiaobo, a deaf-mute star who won the second prize in the TV talent competition "My Hero" in 2006, also carried the torch.
Xu Fengjian, a civil servant with a disabled foot, said he was very excited to be chosen as a torch bearer. "To hold the Olympic and the Paralympic Games proves that our country is growing stronger," he said.
"I believe the Paralympic Games will raise more concern for disabled people."
Each physically challenged torch bearer was escorted by a volunteer during the relay. Xu's volunteer, Mu Salong from East China University of Political Science and Law, said he was proud to be a part of the event. "Although I'd never met Mr Xu before this morning, we had good coordination," he said.
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