(6)Olympic flame lit

(6)Olympic flame lit

OLYMPIA, Greece - Ai Morishita, a junior high school student from Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and one of Olympic torch relay runners, talks with reporters after covering her leg of the relay in Ancient Olympic on March 25.

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