BEIJING: Basketball superstar Yao Ming ran the final leg of the Olympic torch relay in Beijing yesterday despite his own reservations as the sacred flame fired up crowds thronging the streets of the 2008 host city.
Yao Ming initially said there were more worthy candidates for the job when he was selected but eventually yielded to carry the flame into the Summer Palace and ignite a ceremonial cauldron.
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