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[what..the?]

Some of you may have seen the amazing pictures of Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson the most seriously wounded soldier to survive the war in Afghanistan he carried the Olympic torch yesterday. The impact was so great we have set up a facebook page to see if we can support Ben as official Olympic Cauldron lighter, who knows with enough support it may happen, so please pop by the page and say hi, show your support by 'liking' the page and share it with friends.


https://www.facebook....ghtTheOlympicCauldron

[rowanwitch]

I think its already planned and arranged so you may be too late

[what..the?]

sorry for the spelling error in the title there, wish I could fix it, sorry

[what..the?]

what really..... I've heard no mention? Have you any link?

[rowanwitch]

I believe some bookies are no longer taking bets on Steve Redgrave and he is a strong odds on favourite But they won't release the name .. as the plans and timings for the ceremony are pretty much complete I would be pretty certain the person concerned has already been told so they can attend rehearsals.

[Maydup]

I think it will be decided by now too, but it will be the best kept secret of the year.

There was such pressure on the Olympic committee from the media to reveal details of the opening ceremony that they released the setting as being a countryside scene. This kept them off the scent of who will be lighting the cauldron, but it will be planned down the the last letter.

[what..the?]

shame really I want to see something momentous and some sports person we see regularly would just be boring

[Maydup]

But it is a sporting event what..the.

Its just about the greatest honour a sportsperson can have and I wouldn't want the once in a lifetime opportunity of it occuring on home soil to go to anyone who's not an athlete. (Now lets hope it is an athlete and not a celeb)

The torch relay is the place for the community involvement and the stadium the place for Olympians.

[what..the?]

The only good thing that could come out of the London Olympics is celebrating British ideals and people who make a difference and risk everything and by that I don't me someone who kicks a football or runs round a ring, but people who save lives, help peoples lives, and make the biggest sacrifice. It doesn't have to be an athlete that does the deed as proven in previous ceremonies.

"Over the years, it has become a tradition to let famous athletes, former athletes and/or athletes with significant achievements and milestones be the last runner in the Olympic torch relay and have the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron. On other occasions, the people who lit the cauldron in the stadium are not famous, but nevertheless symbolize Olympic ideals. Japanese runner Yoshinori Sakai was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the nuclear weapon Little Boy destroyed that city. He symbolized the rebirth of Japan after the Second World War when he opened the 1964 Tokyo Games. At the 1976 Games in Montreal, two teenagers — one from the French-speaking part of the country, one from the English-speaking part — symbolized the unity of Canada"

Having an athlete or celeb light it would be the biggest waste, a solider... well I would carry them to the end of the earth and back to get them the recognition they deserve.

[Bambiagain]

I agree that having a celeb do it would be a bad thing. But since the Olympics is all about sport, then the powers that be should not be condemned if they chose an athlete, present or past.