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Doha: The Asian Games torch will travel at a less hectic pace on Friday in the Qatari capital before its final duty - the opening ceremony before 50,000 spectators at sold-out Khalifa Stadium.

Along the way to the Stadium, it will be carried by present and former Qatar Asian Games athletes and travel on a race car, bicycle and Harley Davidson motorcycle.

The flame has travelled 50,000 km through 15 countries in Asia over two months.

It arrived in Qatar last Saturday, and has spent the past four days travelling through the small Persian Gulf country's less well-known cities of Al Zubara, Durkhan, Al Wakra and Al Khor and the Inland Sea.

The torch was to spend the eve of the opening ceremonies at Corniche Park in the city, a popular seaside gathering point and tourism attraction.

Torchbearers on the final day will include Nada Zeidan, Qatar's first female rally driver and a member of the country's archery team, and Khalifa Al Hitmi, a former Qatari sailor and rower who competed at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan.