Third leg of the 8th Children of Asia Games Torch Relay to start 1 June
The third ground leg of the 8th Children of Asia Games Torch Relay will start on 1 June in Yakutia. At this stage, the route of the 8th Games Torch Relay will cover the republic's over-river, central, and southern municipal districts and will end on 26 June during the opening ceremony of the Games at the Tuymaada Stadium.
1 June - Kobyaysky District
3 June - Tomponsky District
4 June - Tattinsky District
5 June - Churapchinsky District
6 June - Ust-Aldansky District
9 June - Megino-Kangalassky District
10 June - Amginsky District
11 June - Ust-Maysky District
15 June - Neryungrinsky District
16 June - Aldansky District
17 June - Namsky District
18 June - Zhatay urban district
26 June - Yakutsk.
The Games Torch Relay started on 20 March in Khangalassky District. During the first two legs it covered 32,665 kilometres by land and air and visited 23 municipal districts of Yakutia. The flame of the 8th Games also visited the exposition of the Children of Asia Games in the State Sports Museum in Moscow.
We remind you that the solemn ceremony of lighting the flame of the 8th Children of Asia Games took place on 19 March 2024, at the Lena Pillars Nature Park, 100 days before the start of the competition. The total number of torchbearers is 550 people and the length of the journey is more than 37,000 kilometres.