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Finally, the first leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay has kicked off in Sanya, Hainan, China on Sunday morning. Will the relay face a lot of obstacles in the Chinese mainland? We shall see.

At the Fire Phoenix Square of the Phoenix Island, China’s short track speed skating Olympic champion Yang Yang became the first torchbearer.

“I felt both excited and nervous to be the first torchbearer in the Chinese mainland,” said Yang, the first Chinese gold medalist in the Winter Olympic Games.

Via Xinhua