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The last torch bearer will be....
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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....David Beckham, I reckon.
Left out of TeamGB, pivotal role in bringing the Games to London, and he's just announced he will have a 'role' in the opening ceremony.
Well deserved, if it's him. Good luck to him.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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id love Brad Wiggins to cycle it into the stadium, pass it to Sir Steve Redgrave who will then give the torch to a 7yr old child who was born on the day that London was awarded the Olympics..
thats a theory i like  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nah it can be anyone.....but I suspect it will be an Olympian....
Smart money is on Steve Redgrave although Daley (late of Newnham and Essex AC) may be a dark horse...
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"id love Brad Wiggins to cycle it into the stadium, pass it to Sir Steve Redgrave who will then give the torch to a 7yr old child who was born on the day that London was awarded the Olympics..
thats a theory i like "
they cant give a 7 year old a naked flame to carry surely??? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"i thought they had already announced its going to be sir chris hoy ....him with the very large thighs ...........(bit too large for me tho !)"
He's the flag bearer at the opening ceremony |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"i thought they had already announced its going to be sir chris hoy ....him with the very large thighs ...........(bit too large for me tho !)"
He is leading team GB out and waving the flag in the opening ceremony |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sure everyone mentioned so far has worthy credentials.....
But I just feel it would be an unimaginative anticlimax to award the honour to anyone who’s already carried the torch during its relay around the country….!.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'd go for Redgrave or Tanni Grey Thompson
Would Tanni not be opening the Paralympics? or do they use the same flame?"
given she's got 11 olympic golds and 5 silvers i don't see why she should only do the paralympics. she's our most successful olympian ever |
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Locog seem keen to have sporting stars from around the world taking part in the Torch Relay. Its a long shot but The One show did mention Mohammed Ali will be at the opening Ceremony. I know he's not British but he is someone who has shown the Olympic spirit, and is a former Olympian. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Locog seem keen to have sporting stars from around the world taking part in the Torch Relay. Its a long shot but The One show did mention Mohammed Ali will be at the opening Ceremony. I know he's not British but he is someone who has shown the Olympic spirit, and is a former Olympian."
and has already done it. can't see it happening twice |
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"Locog seem keen to have sporting stars from around the world taking part in the Torch Relay. Its a long shot but The One show did mention Mohammed Ali will be at the opening Ceremony. I know he's not British but he is someone who has shown the Olympic spirit, and is a former Olympian.
and has already done it. can't see it happening twice"
Good point I think he did it in Atlanta.
At least thats one name of the list. |
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"I'd go for Redgrave or Tanni Grey Thompson
Would Tanni not be opening the Paralympics? or do they use the same flame?
given she's got 11 olympic golds and 5 silvers i don't see why she should only do the paralympics. she's our most successful olympian ever"
were they won at the olympics or the paralympics? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'd go for Redgrave or Tanni Grey Thompson
Would Tanni not be opening the Paralympics? or do they use the same flame?
given she's got 11 olympic golds and 5 silvers i don't see why she should only do the paralympics. she's our most successful olympian ever
were they won at the olympics or the paralympics?"
why should that make a difference?
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"I'd go for Redgrave or Tanni Grey Thompson
Would Tanni not be opening the Paralympics? or do they use the same flame?
given she's got 11 olympic golds and 5 silvers i don't see why she should only do the paralympics. she's our most successful olympian ever
were they won at the olympics or the paralympics?
why should that make a difference?
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because she is a paralympian, and rightly proud of the fact. i would imagine that she would want to open the event that she has achieved so much in.
I'm not saying that she shouldnt light the olympic flame. The paralympics deserve as much hoo haa made of them as the olympics and having such a high profile person as Tanni opening them would elevate their standing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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hopefully not beckham , if people think he was pivotal in helping to bring the olympics to london then how come we haven't shot him as we lost out in bringing the world cup here and he had a pivotal role on that committee , he's so proud of being british that he plays his sport in another country and even lives in another country , it should be SIR STEVE REDGRAVE , 5 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS IN 5 DIFFERENT OLYMPICS |
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"Steve Redgrave....Or young Tom Daleythats who i want tom daley couldnt remember his name
you may want tom daley but who should light the flame dear???  "
ha ha bit young for me did you have a good birthday |
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"Steve Redgrave....Or young Tom Daleythats who i want tom daley couldnt remember his name
you may want tom daley but who should light the flame dear???
ha ha bit young for me did you have a good birthday"
lovely thank you....need a few days rest to recover if you know what i mean |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"as in lighting the flame? doesn't it have to be an olympian?
Muhumad Ali lit it a few years back and he's no Olympian."
No... But what an ambassador for sports...!! |
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"as in lighting the flame? doesn't it have to be an olympian?
i thought it did yes. isnt there an old bloke wo was in the last London Olympics still knocking about?? maybe it will be him"
Lol @ old bloke still knocking about! Charming!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"simple sir roger bannister
Oh come on be fair.....he may be getting on a bit, he may be losing his marbles a little....but he ain't simple.
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No... But he's a bloke... So he isnt complicated either...  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"how do you reckon muhammed ali is not an olmpian.he is a gold medal winner before turning professional.in the days when only amateurs could enter the games."
Muhammed Ali never won a gold medal in any Olympics. Cassius Clay did however. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"id love Brad Wiggins to cycle it into the stadium, pass it to Sir Steve Redgrave who will then give the torch to a 7yr old child who was born on the day that London was awarded the Olympics..
thats a theory i like
they cant give a 7 year old a naked flame to carry surely???"
If they did, you'd have Lynn Faulds-Wood jumping up and down about it!!
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By *lassic1Man
over a year ago
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"as in lighting the flame? doesn't it have to be an olympian?
Muhumad Ali lit it a few years back and he's no Olympian.
Yes he is, gold in Rome 1960."
then he proudly went back to the states only to chucked out of a retaurant cause he is black.......little wonder he turned to islam  |
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Definately won't be Beckham, he's already said that it won't be him lighting the flame and that he believed it should be an Olympian, though he has said yesterday that he has a role in the Opening Ceremony. It definately won't be Ali, partly because he's already lit the flame with very shaky hands in Atlanta in 96, but also because he's American and surely the honour of carrying the flame anywhere inside the stadium and definately in lighting the flame will be given to a British person.
I hope it isn't Princess Anne, who is an Olympian and was involved heavily in winning the games for London, but it wouldn't quite seem right for it to be bestowed onto a Royal.
At the outset I hoped it would be Steve Redgrave, but as he's already carried the flame I don't think that honour should be granted twice.
It may well be Dorothy Tyler-Odam who won silver for GB in 1936 and 1948 games, the only person to have won medals before and after WW2, but there's also Steve Ovett who I haven't heard having any involvement in the torch relay so far. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"...there's also Steve Ovett who I haven't heard having any involvement in the torch relay so far."
...and wasn't he one of Lord Coe's main running mates during their competing days, along with Steve Cram? |
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"...there's also Steve Ovett who I haven't heard having any involvement in the torch relay so far.
...and wasn't he one of Lord Coe's main running mates during their competing days, along with Steve Cram?"
well running competitor rather than mate, there was always an edge to it.
Coe was expected to win gold in Moscow in the 800m I think and ovett won it from him, but a few days later Coe beat Ovet to gold for the 1500m, (the events may be the wrong way round) |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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it definately wont be brad.... he'll be busy on saturday morning!!!! (olympic road race) and I wouldn't have thought it would be tanni-grey thompson, although when the Paralympics comes round afterwards that would be a great shout....
I think it the last 4 will be Dame Kelly Holmes... to Daley Thompson... to Matthew Pincent.. to Steve redgrave..... |
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"it definately wont be brad.... he'll be busy on saturday morning!!!! (olympic road race) and I wouldn't have thought it would be tanni-grey thompson, although when the Paralympics comes round afterwards that would be a great shout....
I think it the last 4 will be Dame Kelly Holmes... to Daley Thompson... to Matthew Pincent.. to Steve redgrave....."
Interesting thoughts on that last 4, which would be track, field, rowing rowing. Maybe they will broaden that out to include some of the other diciplines like cycling (Chris Boardman) Swimming (Duncan Goodhew) and maybe even boxing and yachting too, not necasarilly as the last 4 but as part of the final journey of the torch |
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"I think it could be something like Roger Bannister passing it to a young up and coming athlete... the theme has always been young people and a legacy for them."
That was my thoughts, maybe the youngest competitor and roger banister, that would be nice. I think its going t be something special, so they have to come up with something. Dont think it will be bradley cause he only won this week and they will have organized it weeks ago |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think it could be something like Roger Bannister passing it to a young up and coming athlete... the theme has always been young people and a legacy for them.
That was my thoughts, maybe the youngest competitor and roger banister, that would be nice. I think its going t be something special, so they have to come up with something. Dont think it will be bradley cause he only won this week and they will have organized it weeks ago"
nothing has been finalise yet,
the decision is a joint one beteween the IOC and the British Olympic Organisers.
no decision will be made until Friday.
I understand their is a short list of between 5 and 20 people and as yet there is disagreement amongst them.
we will have to wait and see. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"simple sir roger bannister "
very good athlete admittedly, but never won an olympic medal.
he came 4th in 1952..
my vote is Redgrave just purely because he is the only person to win Gold at 5 consecutive olympics. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Surely it makes a nonsense of the Olympic spirit to suggest only a previous medal winner should be considered….!.
Most Olympians never win a medal but all have shown the heroic commitment that give’s inspiration for future generations….….… |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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I hate to say it but that tory nob Coe deserves it as much as anyone, he was one of britains greates ever olympians, holding one world record for 24 years. and was a major part in the planning and the bid for london 2012.
The mischievous side of me would give it to aaron cook, he was robbed of a silver the last olympics so its one in the eye for the biased chinese judges and hes been robbed of a starting place this year despite being world no 1,cos he chose to pay for his own training knowing that the british team training was crap, that would be a dig at the corruption in our selection criteria of course thats never gonna happen but i like the idea. |
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"Strange that the whole Olympic thingy has made no real mention of the great Coe Ovett track rivalry !!"
there has been a great series on 5live over the past few weeks where Colin Murray inter_iewed over 100 summer olympians..
Steve Ovett said that he didnt wish to take part as 'that was in the past' so cant see it being him tbh..
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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Daley has just done Ally Pally... so unlikely to be him.
Boris has an official role, as does Seb and it would be odd for them to do it. But if you are going for the Mayor then perhaps it should be Ken, as the Mayor who won the bid?  (not sure what that smiley means but it's the sort of face I pull whenever I see Ken). |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It won't be Voula Papachristou!  "
She might have been kicked out of the Greek olympic team for racist tweets but man I could fuck the shit outta her! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"simple sir roger bannister
very good athlete admittedly, but never won an olympic medal.
he came 4th in 1952..
my vote is Redgrave just purely because he is the only person to win Gold at 5 consecutive olympics."
The Olympic motto is that it's not about winning but the taking part that counts.
I think roger bannister and that really young diver as an ode to young and old... Like the passing of the torch literally. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Strange that the whole Olympic thingy has made no real mention of the great Coe Ovett track rivalry !!
there has been a great series on 5live over the past few weeks where Colin Murray inter_iewed over 100 summer olympians..
Steve Ovett said that he didnt wish to take part as 'that was in the past' so cant see it being him tbh..
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that was a brilliant piece of radio ,,,i enjoyed every minute ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Strange that the whole Olympic thingy has made no real mention of the great Coe Ovett track rivalry !!"
it did today when they were doing the best olympian countdown  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Well, it won't be Pinsett as he's the last torchbearer tomorrow, and I think it won't be Redgrave as he's said publicly that he'd love to do it and if you knew you were going to and it was supposed to be a closely kept secret you wouldn't say something like that would you.
I'm still of a mind that Beckham will do it, but it could be Sir Roger Bannister (but as he's like a million years old Beckham might have to steady his hand).
So there you go, Beckham & Bannister, sounds like a firm of solicitors. |
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