China is the host of the upcoming Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

One of the traditions of the Olympics is the torch relay, where people run with the Olympic Flame in several cities all over the globe.

This year's run range from Olympia in Greece, to London, San Francisco, Istanbul, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Pyongyang.

In the Chinese edition of Gamespot, it's been announced that several professional gamers have been chosen as torchbearers for the Olympic relay when it arrives in China. Xiao Feng "Sky" Li, the two-time World Cyber Games Warcraft III champion, will be one of the runners.

Jae Ho "Moon" Jang, the only South Korean professional gamer on the list, will also take part on the relay.

Chinese Starcraft players Lei "Leilei" Shen and Junchun "Pj" Sha are also included in the list.

The Chinese newspost also includes the slogan "One World, One Dream", attempting to push electronic gaming to be a viable competitive sport and hopefully be part of the Olympics in the future.

There were several protests surrounding the Olympics due to China being accused of human rights violations. Precautions have been made to protect the runners from protesters.

The rest of the chosen torch runners are on the website sourced below this post.

Source:
Gamespot China