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Olympic torch arrives in Argentina
Argentinean officials prepared for possible protests on Friday during the latest leg of the Olympic torch run in the country.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:57 April 11, 2008
Buenos Aires: Argentinean officials prepared for possible protests on Friday during the latest leg of the Olympic torch run in the country.
"There is a little bit more attention, mostly because of the things that have happened in London, in Paris, in San Francisco," said Francisco Irarrazaval, a sports ministry official.
"But we also don't want to convert this into a military event. This is a sports event, it is a cultural event, a beautiful event," he said.
The Olympic torch is to be carried 13 kilometres by athletes, artists, journalists and even an economist and a Taiwanese businessman.
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina's top female tennis player and silver medalist in the 1988 Olympics, will be the final carrier of the torch.
Worldwide protests have marred the Olympic torch run around the globe following demonstrations against China's human rights policy in Tibet.
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