Photo: Olympic Torch Relay in Nagano concludes

NAGANO, Japan, April 26 (Xinhua). The 16th leg Olympic Torch Relay, which took place in Nagano, Japan, concluded on Saturday at noon.

Mizuki Noguchi, women's marathon gold medalist at the Athens Olympics, was the final torchbearer of the day, lighting the cauldron at the end of the relay.

Hundreds of Chinese students and scholars in Japan celebrated the successful completion of the relay at Wakasato Park, south of the Nagano central railway station.

Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Chiharu Igaya, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, Li Binghua, Executive Vice-President of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Nagano Mayor Shoichi Washizawa and Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai attended the ceremony held in the park.