希腊总统的第一次希腊总统帕普利亚斯确定要出席北京奥运圣火采集仪式。被中国驻希腊大使罗林泉形容为“希腊给北京奥运会送了一份非常特殊的礼物”。帕普利亚斯还是中希建交36年来,第一次到中国驻希腊大使馆作客的希腊总统。总统出席别国的奥运会圣火采集仪式,这在希腊史无前例。第二棒火炬的第一次由主办国火炬手亲自到顾拜旦纪念碑前接第二棒火炬,这在现代奥林匹克运动史上是首 Greek President Papoulias, the first Greek president, has decided to attend the Beijing Olympics flame acquisition ceremony. Described by Luo Linquan, Chinese ambassador to Greece, as “Greece sent a very special gift to the Beijing Olympic Games.” Papoulias is also the first Greek president to visit the Chinese Embassy in Greece for 36 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Greece. The president attended the Olympics Torch Collection Ceremony in other countries, which is unprecedented in Greece. The second torch for the first time by the host torch in hand to personally visit the monument to worship the second stick torch, which is the first in the history of the modern Olympic Movement