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9 May 2012
World champion open water swimmer Spiros Gianniotis, 32, above, today became the first person to carry the lit 2012 torch at a dress rehearsal for tomorrow’s ceremony at Olympia
. Wearing the 2012 torchbearer uniform, the British-born athlete said: “It’s my last Olympics and I’m half English so it’s very important to me.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow but for me it’s the topping.”
