The first torchbearer Anant Siripasraporn, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, greets the spectators when beginning his running with the torch in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 19, 2008. Bangkok is the 12th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.

Torchbearer Yanint Raso runs with the torch in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 19, 2008. Bangkok is the 12th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.

Local people performers dances during the Olympic torch in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 19, 2008. Bangkok is the 12th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.

BANGKOK, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Bangkok, the 12th leg of the Olympic Flame's global tour, completed as scheduled at early Saturday evening as the last torchbearer, Thai Olympic gold medalist Paveena Thongsuk kindled the Olympic cauldron in Bangkok's Royal Plaza.

Paveena, who won women's weightlifting 75kg gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic, arrived at around 6:10 p.m. (1110GMT) at the stage set up before the King Rama V Monument in the Royal Plaza, the finishing point of the torch relay in Bangkok, to meet a cheering crowd of thousands waving Chinese and Thai national flags.

Thai and Chinese traditional music and dancing performances were put on the stage as part of the celebrations.