Surrounded by dozens of amusement possibilities in the Olympic village — pool tables, tennis and basketball courts, swimming pool, leisure center — Polish race walker Rafal Augustyn chose a different way to kill time waiting for his big day: Chinese lessons.

The Olympic torch completed the final leg of its global relay before reaching Beijing where the games will open, passing Tuesday through the earthquake-stricken province of Sichuan in an homage to tens of thousands killed there in May.

The Beijing Olympics begin on Friday, August 8, 2008.