OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY: Redgrave believes there won't be just one final torchbearer at opening ceremony
SIR Steve Redgrave believes a group of athletes will be selected to light the flame at the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony - because choosing one is just too hard.
OPINION: Sir Steve Redgrave believes a group will light the Olympic flame at the London 2012 opening ceremony (Getty Images)
Redgrave is Britain's greatest-ever Olympian with five gold medals in five consecutive Games and has long been the bookmakers' favourite to be given the honour.
He will run with the flame next week in Henley, where he spent more than two decades training on the River Thames, and he also think he's too obvious a choice.
"A group lighting of the cauldron gets over quite a lot of the problems," he said.
"If you only have a single person doing it, then it's really difficult to decide on who that person should be.
"Seoul did something similar and so did Vancouver for the last Winter Olympics. I can see the dilemma for the organisers and it would be great to be honoured in that way.
"However, organising committees also like surprises, like Muhammad Ali was in Atlanta."
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olympics!!
scrap it all it has become far too expensive for england.also it has now become a petty pr circus,what ever happened to true olypian athlets?
Oh shut up, if you dont like
Oh shut up, if you dont like it then why are you on here? Oh, and your grammar skills suggest that you are about 5 years old.
Their can only be one person
Their can only be one person in contention really, anyone who has been to 5 different OLYMPICS and returned with 5 different GOLD MEDALS, is something else and surely characterizes the meaning of a true OLYMPIAN.
How someone can dedicate himself to such a rigorous routine over 20 years for the National Team
shows true dedication in winning 5 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS , but also numerous WORLD MEDALS.
Daley Thompson would be my second choice as , but again a Great Olympian , but not in the same realms as Steve Redgrave.
I think the decision has already been decided and unfortunately our GREATEST OLYMPIAN will NOT be the choice.
How can Seb Coe come out and say his choice is Daley Thompson, talk about trying to influence the decision.
Lets hope it is not David Beckham, great footballer but DEFINITELY no OLYMPIAN.
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