Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima, Olympic champion in 2004 Athens Games, runs with the Olympic torch during the torch relay in Nagano, Japan, April 26, 2008.

The last runner in the relay Mizuki Noguchi, Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medallist, lit the cauldron after the torch relay in Nagano, Japan, April 26, 2008. Nagano is the 16th stop of the 2008 Olympic torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.