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Coming up on today's show,

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we launch the Blue Peter Sport Badge 2016.

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As well as that, scientist Greg Foot

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is here to tell you all about the science behind sports balls.

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-Linds, sorry I'm late. Did you say launch the sport balls?

-No. Wah!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to live Blue Peter.

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-Stop that, it hit a cameraman.

-Sorry.

-Say sorry.

-Sorry.

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To celebrate today, we are telling you it's only 99 days to go

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until the Olympic Games in Rio, and we are getting very excited,

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so we're launching this little beauty.

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It is of course the Blue Peter Sport Badge 2016.

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There is so much on today's show. I try my hand at roller derby.

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-A lot of fun, a lot of falling over.

-Bet you had some bruises.

-I did.

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As well as that, I take on a hockey challenge -

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not very good - with Team GB's Lily Owsley. She is amazing.

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You can see that, but we want to hear from you.

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We want you to tell us

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how you're going to earn the Blue Peter Sport Badge 2016.

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Get inspired, jump onto the Blue Peter website, leave a comment,

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and we'll read out as many as we can at the end of the show.

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But first, for our sports spectacular, we're

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joined by these three sporting legends.

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She is fresh off the pitch from last year's Fifa World Cup in

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Canada - football's Manchester City and England captain Steph Houghton.

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He brought home a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London,

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and has set the bar high for Rio this summer. Going for gold,

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Olympic gymnast Kristian Thomas.

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She's the owner of ten world records and four Paralympic gold medals,

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and she's hoping to make a splash in this year's Games.

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Super swimming champion Ellie Simmonds.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Come on in, guys!

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Steph, Kristian, Ellie in the house.

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Guys, thank you so much for coming on to Blue Peter to help us

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-celebrate the Blue Peter Sport Badge 2016. Shall I show it to you?

-Go on.

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Here we go. Look at that!

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So, we have the 2013 badge, the 2014 badge,

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the 2015 badge and the one we're here for - the 2016 badge,

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designed by our competition winner, Sam.

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Here's a picture of him looking absolutely thrilled to bits

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with his badge. And, by the way, check this out.

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This is Sam with his very own

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billboard on one of the busiest streets in all of Manchester.

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He's officially a celebrity. Sporting celeb.

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So, please keep an eye out for all of his billboards -

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he's now a legend, it's official.

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You guys know that this little

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badge is all about inspiring a family member, a friend -

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basically anyone - to get involved with sport,

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so what inspired you three to start sport? Steph.

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I think for me it was my dad.

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I think ever since I was able to walk or run,

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it was always a ball at my feet, and ever since then,

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I love the sport, and thankfully it's my job now.

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Nyree Lewis inspired me to want to go and set my dream and

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set my target to go to a Paralympics and get a gold medal.

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-And you did that, by the way. Just in case you're wondering.

-Thank you.

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Kristian, what about yourself?

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I don't like telling my brother too often,

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but it's actually thanks to him, because he was always the one

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with the excess energy, and climbing things

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and getting into mischief, so my parents just took him to a gym

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club and I just wanted to follow and do exactly what he did, and luckily

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I found a sport that I was good at and really enjoyed from a young age.

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-We're in the presence of sporting legends.

-We are.

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I'm going to be embarrassed

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when they see our films later of us trying sport. Not good.

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Anyway, today... Thank you, guys, we'll be chatting to you later.

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..we are going to be playing Spot Shelley. It's a fun old game.

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-She's there!

-I know she's there - this one doesn't count.

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But if you see her later on in the show, hiding

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somewhere in the studio, head online and let us know.

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I think it's pretty fair to say that we are in

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the midst of great people, inspirational people.

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-Well, I got inspired myself, because I tried a brand-new sport.

-Uh-oh.

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The most important thing about any Blue Peter challenge is preparation.

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You've got to know what you're doing

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and you need the right equipment.

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So when I was told I was taking on roller derby, I knew exactly

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what was needed.

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'My snazzy hair rollers.'

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Oh, no.

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I've completely got this wrong.

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Roller derby is actually a fast-paced, frenetic

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sport on roller skates.

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Created in America way back in the 1930s, it involves players trying

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to lap each other around a track, and it's now becoming popular here.

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So, I'm going to give it a go.

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And Emma from the Leeds Roller Dolls is going to help me.

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Or, should I call her Tricksy?

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"Tricksy." Where's that from?

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It's because I mess around on track,

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and everyone gets their own name in roller derby.

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-And do I need to make my own name up for this?

-That would be great,

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if you could, I'm sure the girls will help you.

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OK, that is definitely happening.

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Tricksy has arranged for me to train with the girls junior team,

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but how do you play roller derby?

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Well, two teams of five people go head-to-head on track.

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They're made up of blockers and jammers.

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Here, the blockers are trying to stop the jammer scoring

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points by skating past them.

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Staying within the orange lines of the track,

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the jammer has to try and complete a lap,

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and they score points for every person they skate past.

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I've seen how points are scored,

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but I've never seen how you stop people from scoring.

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How do you do that?

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Well, what you have to do is you use your body to stop them.

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What we'll be doing today is positional blocking, which means I

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can move in front of you and things, but I can't throw a hit into you.

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-Do I need any equipment?

-Yes, you need a couple of bits.

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-Two wrist guards.

-Of course, yes. Thank you.

-Elbows. For falling.

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Kneepads. For falling.

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Skates. Probably for falling.

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-And a helmet.

-Right, OK. Thanks, Tricksy.

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Better, uh, get my skates on. Ha!

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And now I've got my gear on, I've come up with my name.

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Let me introduce you to Ra...

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Radical Radzi.

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Ahem! Roller derby is a sport that both boys and girls can play,

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but it does help if you can roller skate.

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So I'm going to have a go at some training drills.

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If you're going to play roller derby,

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you need to be able to do our obstacle course.

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-An obstacle course?

-Show him, girls.

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'What, that? Looks easy.

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'OK, it turns out it's not that easy.'

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It's fine.

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The next thing we need you to be good at for roller derby is speed.

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-OK.

-I was thinking a game of tag.

-Amazing, I love tag.

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-OK, bring in the girls.

-What, more?

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# Here come the girls

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# Here come the girls... #

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'The aim of this exercise is to try and grab a coloured bib.

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'It should help me

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get used to quickly changing direction on skates.'

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I'm not very good at this. 'But then...'

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Oh!

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We got a bib!

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Tricksy, you've put me through my paces.

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-Am I ready to hold my own against these girls?

-Absolutely not.

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OK, I've read between the lines and I'm going to give it a go anyway.

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Wish me lots...

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'Here we go, one 30-minute game of roller derby.

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'I'm going to be the jammer, so it's up to me to skate past the blockers,

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'get round the track and overtake the other team to score points.

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'Ha! Doddle.

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'Getting past those blockers and staying within the orange

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line limits for the track is actually really hard.

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'Every time I go outside of the track...' No!

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'..it's a foul.

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'And although I'm a beginner,

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'this youth team aren't going easy on me.'

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I've scored no points.

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'The only way I'm going to get past is with a little trick.'

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Your shoelaces are undone.

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'I can't believe it worked!

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'I've made it past the blockers!

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Now, all I need to do is try and get round the track

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'and lap the other team to score some points.

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'But once again, my skating skills let me

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'down and I go outside of the orange lines.

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'At least it's progress. Maybe I CAN actually score points.'

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I just need to stay on the track.

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WHISTLE

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I'm getting the hang of this, just about.

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It's amazing what you learn... Yeah?

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Just to inform you, you've just got seven penalties.

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That means you're fouled out

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So if you'd like to remove your skates

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and return to your bench area.

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Oh! Oh! I'm off!

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'I've left the track so many times, I'm out.

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'It just goes to show how tough this sport is.

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'And although I've absolutely loved having a go at roller derby,

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'I'm not sure my team is going to miss Radical Radzi.'

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Roller derby, what a sport.

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Now, though, I want to talk about inspiration.

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So, Steph, we'll start with yourself.

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So, you are the England and Man City women's football captain.

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So how do you inspire your team-mates before a match?

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For me, it's just all about having them conversations with the girls,

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and making sure that they're OK and they're up for the game.

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And obviously the team huddle, as well -

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it's important what I say to gauge how the girls are feeling.

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And, for me, to just play as well as I possibly can

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and lead by example throughout the game and in training, as well.

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And you do just that. And Kristian,

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I took part in a gymnastics challenge

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myself on Blue Peter and it wasn't until then that

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I realised how popular gymnastics is with all the viewers at home.

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So how do you feel to think you are inspiring

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millions of people to potentially take up gymnastics?

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I mean, it's absolutely fantastic.

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It really is a great feeling to know that I've been part of helping

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to raise the profile of the sport over the last ten years.

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And we seem to be getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

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And that can only be a good thing for the sport.

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And, as I said, to be part of that and to be inspiring people,

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whether they are doing it at schools,

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after-school clubs, wherever it is, yeah, it's a great feeling.

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And Ellie, where do we start with yourself?

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Whether it's your world records, your Paralympic gold medals

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or your Blue Peter Gold badge... I mean, when you're on the start line,

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and you're about to enter the water, how do you handle that pressure?

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Some days I don't know how I do it.

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I think sometimes I get really nervous and just be able

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to cope with it. I think you've got to use the confidence from all

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the training, and this is something that I love to do - swimming -

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so I just go out there and race and just enjoy it.

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Well, talking about pressure, you at home have kindly sent

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in the questions that you'd like us to ask the superstars on the show.

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But there's a little bit of a catch. You've 90 seconds in which to do so.

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-Are you up for it?

-Yes.

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Without further ado, three, two, one, off we go.

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Steph Beige Caramel Chicken - Steph, what made you pick football?

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My dad, really.

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Ellie, Olive Sweet Onion -

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how often do you train and how do you feel after you train?

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So I train nine times a week

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and sometimes, after, I just want to sleep for days.

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I don't blame you! Kristian, Carmine Chatty Turtle -

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what was your favourite sports day activity?

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Egg-and-spoon race.

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Good. Kristian again, Peach Riding Zebra -

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when did you realise you wanted to become an Olympian?

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Er, when I was probably about 14 years old.

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Steph, Peach Calm Seahorse - what's your favourite emoji?

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Er, the one with the hands over the face.

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Nice!

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We don't have many!

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Ellie, Crimson Party Butterfly - good name -

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what tips would you give to children to get into sport?

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Just go out there and find a sport that you really enjoy and have fun.

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This positivity's what I love. Ellie, Sapphire Sowing Lemur says -

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What foods do you eat for breakfast to keep fit?

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Oh, I like anything, but I think porridge at the minute.

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I'm really into it.

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Nice. Steph, Ginger Symbol Dude says -

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what is it like to be an England captain?

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Unbelievable feeling.

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Ellie, Red Black Summery Puffin -

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what's your favourite subject at school?

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History.

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History.

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Kristian, Lime Sparkly Go -

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if you had a pet unicorn, what would you call it?

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James, middle name!

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RADZI LAUGHS

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Steph, Too Bling Badger -

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do you have any pets and what are their names?

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I have a dog called Ollie.

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Ellie, Star Stone Musical Mosquito -

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if you had a celebrity brother or sister, who would it be and why?

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Erm, David Beckham, because he's cool.

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WHISTLE

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Oh! Give these guys a round of applause!

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Oh, my goodness gracious.

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Well, now, however, it is time to get behind the Team GB greats.

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And if you want to do that, you can win yourself one of these.

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The Blue Peter Sport badge is all about inspiring others to

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take part in sport.

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Maybe you're cricket crazy,

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hooked on hockey or fanatical about football.

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Whatever your choice of sport, you could earn a sport badge.

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Between now and September, get a friend involved

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in your sport.

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Take them golfing, bring them to badminton,

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it really is up to you.

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But get a picture of you both taking part

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and go to the Blue Peter website and fill in the application form.

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Make sure your teacher, coach or parent signs it

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and then pop it in the post and wait.

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By applying for your Sport badge,

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you could become one of the judges

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for the Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.

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To get involved, ask your parent or guardian and then tell us

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why you would make a great judge.

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One Sport Badge-holder will get to sit on the judging panel

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and go to the awards ceremony.

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Badge applications are open until 30 September and you have to

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inspire someone this year to be in with a chance of receiving one.

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So, go on, be inspiring and get involved.

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You want to get involved, don't you?

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Well, we are working alongside BBC Sport's Get Inspired.

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It's all part of the Blue Peter Sport Badge 2016,

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and if you want to get your hands on it,

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jump on to the Blue Peter website,

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print out this beautiful form here, or you can do it on the other

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side, as well, whichever one you want to do!

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-Fill out both...

-Fill out both sides of the form!

-Yes, indeed.

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Now, as we said, it's only 99 days to go

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until the Olympic games in Rio.

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We're very excited, because there's a whole summer of sports ahead.

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And to celebrate that, head down this way, because we have

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covered the big badge board in all of your brilliant sporty post.

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Have a look at it here.

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If you can see some of your post,

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you've earned yourselves a Blue Peter badge. So, well done, you.

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Someone who's done that is Bethan, who's ten. Check this out.

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She's ahead of the game, because she's done me there,

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and it says, "321...hockey!"

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And I've got my sticks and my balls there. I'm ready to play.

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Well, Bethan, keep your eyes peeled -

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you'll see that film very soon.

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Now, Oscar from Cambridgeshire, you've done something

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which I've never tried, and that's fencing.

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Look at this wonderful picture you've got here.

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Inside the Blue Peter shield is you, fencing.

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You said you enjoyed it so much,

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you've even joined your local fencing club.

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And that has earned you a Blue badge. Well done, Oscar.

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August, who's ten, from Norwich, has sent this in. Check it out.

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It's all three of us doing our little sporty challenges.

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Barney here, he's a bit sweaty because the sun's out

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and he's on his bike but look, the wheel goes round

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and round. We love that.

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And then you've got me next to my football

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doing my refereeing challenge.

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I've got a yellow card, and, of course, the dreaded red card, there.

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Then you've got the muscliest man ever -

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it's actually Radzi training with Daniel.

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He's got the gym kit, and up here it says, "Go, Radzi!"

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We love that. Thank you. You've earned yourself a badge. Well done.

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And thank you to every single one of you

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who sent in some fantastic post you can see here.

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That's right. Now, it wasn't just Radzi

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who took on a sporting challenge this week.

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I picked up my hockey stick and had a go, as well.

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It's hard to believe it's been nearly four years

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since the 2012 Olympics came to London.

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Words cannot do justice to how I feel.

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This is a tremendous run by Jessica Ennis.

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The action, the atmosphere, and of course the glory.

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CHEERING

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Have you ever seen anything like that?

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It aimed to be an event that inspired a generation.

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And one of those people that was lucky enough to experience it

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was 16-year-old Lily Owsley.

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Lily saw Team GB play hockey and decided to have a go at the sport.

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After four years of sheer dedication,

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she's made it into the squad

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that will be hoping for Olympic gold in Rio. What a story!

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Now, I've played a little bit of hockey before,

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but I'm going to find out how you become an international athlete

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in such a short space of time.

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This is the home of British hockey and it's where Lily

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and the team are busy training for the Olympics.

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Hang on, was that...?

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Nah, must've been my imagination.

6:17:036:17:05

-Lily!

-Hi!

-Good to meet you, how you doing?

6:17:076:17:09

Yeah, good, thank you.

6:17:096:17:11

Now, when you were sat watching

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the Olympics in 2012, watching the hockey,

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did you ever imagine that in 2016 you would actually be going

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and taking part and representing GB?

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Not at all.

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Honestly, I was watching it with my family

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and I was kind of like, "Wow!"

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I had no idea international hockey could be this amazing,

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these girls could be so good at hockey.

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And you haven't always played hockey, have you?

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It's quite a new sport to you. So how did you get so amazing?

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I was an athlete. I was an 800-metre runner and a footballer,

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so I kind of had the physical attributes

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and I'm about team sport

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and it was kind of just getting that hockey side of things,

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yeah, I guess it's pretty important.

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Now, at Blue Peter, we love getting involved,

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so can you show me some skills?

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Yeah, of course, and get you some kit.

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Brilliant, sounds good, let's do it.

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Right, what we're going to do is dribble round the cones,

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and it's for your hand-eye coordination.

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-Yeah, you go first.

-Yeah, and you just copy exactly what I do.

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'Wow, that is fast!

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'Let's see how I compare.'

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Nice.

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Oh, I hit a cone.

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It's all right, it's all right, it's fine. Didn't see it!

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Oh!

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How do you think we'll get on that Rio?

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I think we'll win gold. Definitely.

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You don't train, like, every day, day in, day out, to win silver.

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We think we can win gold,

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and, yeah, that's what we're going to try and do.

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Walsh, yes!

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What do friends and family make of all this?

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Do they think it's amazing that you're going to Rio

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and representing Team GB?

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Oh, they absolutely love it.

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Like, my friends and family, yeah, first people to get behind me.

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Well, listen, good luck in Rio. Thank you for today.

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I think I've got my hockey skills up there.

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Oh, no, we're definitely not finished.

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I've got another challenge for you.

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We'll see what happens.

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I thought that might happen!

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It's time to see how I measure up against a Team GB athlete.

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The challenge today is to score a penalty against me, but first

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you have to dribble past one of the meanest defenders in the game.

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Radzi and Barney? LILY LAUGHS

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Do you know what? I knew I'd seen them today somewhere.

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'Game on.

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'Can I put my brand-new dribbling skills to the

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'test against one of Britain's best hockey players and, er...

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'Well, these two?

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'Straight away, I leave Radzi standing.

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'Barney freezes.

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'He's no match for my new skills.

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'And then it's just me versus Lily.'

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Yeah!

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'Oh, yeah. Rio, here I come.' THEY LAUGH

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-The defenders let you down a little bit, I think.

-Yeah, I know.

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So, um...any space on the plane to Rio for me, do you think?

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Not quite, I don't think. A bit more maybe. A bit more practice.

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Yeah, I knew you were going to say that. Do you know what?

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You've shown me today that with a lot of hard work, dedication and

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a lot of practice, you really can make your dreams come true,

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so thank you.

6:20:016:20:03

-Definitely.

-Well done. Good luck in Rio. I'll be there.

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Yeah, don't think I'll make it to Rio on the hockey team, do you?

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Make sure you head online if you want to see Lily

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and I doing a bit more hockey skills together.

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It's "How many keepie-uppies can we do?"

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See if you can beat my score.

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Just a clue - it's low.

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Now, how do those hockey balls do what they do?

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Well, here to answer that question is

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super scientist Greg Foot, everyone.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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-Greg, you're back to Blue Peter.

-I am.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

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And you're going to be talking about the sports with science today,

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-the science behind sports.

-Yeah.

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Because it's not always just down to talent

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and really hard training and brainpower.

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Sometimes it's actually down to equipment. Is that right?

6:20:406:20:42

Absolutely. So, so many sports involve kicking or throwing

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-or hitting a ball through the air.

-OK.

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The key to success is doing that as far or as fast

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or as accurate as possible.

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And that's not just down to the player's skill.

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It's also down to the design of the boot or the racket or

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the design of the ball.

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Ah, speaking of the ball, what are you going to show us today?

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It's the FA Cup final soon, and the Euros,

6:21:016:21:03

-so let's have a look at the football first.

-OK.

6:21:036:21:05

Now, normally a ball moves through the air

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and you can't see the air around it, but watch this. Look at this.

6:21:076:21:10

-This is amazing.

-OK.

-So, the ball flies through the air. Look at this.

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And what you can see here is all the air from the front of it

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rushing round to the back.

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-And you see all that messiness there?

-Yes.

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We call that turbulence.

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We call it drag, because all the air has rushed around,

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it's bumping around and it's made a wake behind it.

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A wake is the word we use when a boat zooms through the water,

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-isn't it, and it leaves a wake behind it?

-Exactly the same.

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And that's messy water behind. This gets messy air behind.

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And the key is if you can design a ball such that the wake

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is smaller, is thinner,

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-then the ball will travel further or faster or be more accurate.

-OK.

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Does this mean there is a group of very clever people who basically

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design sports balls and sports equipment to work very effectively?

6:21:456:21:49

-Absolutely. They're called sports engineers.

-Cool job title.

6:21:496:21:51

This is one of the bits of kit they might use. This is a wind tunnel.

6:21:516:21:54

Wow. OK.

6:21:546:21:55

What I want to do is show you how air moves over different-size

6:21:556:21:58

and shape balls.

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So, let's have a look at this one first.

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We've got a glamorous assistant, I should say.

6:22:016:22:03

Chalky's here just getting ready.

6:22:036:22:05

So, there's the air moving over the smoke.

6:22:056:22:07

-This is just a smooth ball for now. You see the orange string?

-Yeah.

6:22:076:22:10

It's going absolutely wild and that's because of

6:22:106:22:13

-that turbulent air, that wake behind it.

-Sure.

6:22:136:22:15

So, that can show you exactly what's happening.

6:22:156:22:17

Now, Lindsey, you'd think that the smoother a ball is,

6:22:176:22:21

-the easier it is going to cut through the air.

-Yes.

-Yeah?

6:22:216:22:23

-Yeah.

-So, why then do we have golf balls

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that have dimples on them?

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I thought that would move slower.

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If I was going to guess,

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I'd say that would move slower through the air.

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Let's have a little look. Let's pop it in the wind tunnel.

6:22:356:22:37

Let's have a look what's happened.

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The thing is, we found out that when balls got chips on them,

6:22:396:22:42

like, little bits knocked out of them, they actually flew further.

6:22:426:22:45

And look at the orange string now.

6:22:456:22:47

It's going less wild, so it's slightly smoother.

6:22:476:22:49

-Much smoother, isn't it?

-Yeah.

6:22:496:22:50

So, there's a smaller wake behind this golf ball.

6:22:506:22:53

Look at this animation that we've made. Look at this. This is great.

6:22:536:22:56

So, there's the golf ball. The air's flowing over the top of it.

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Thanks to those dimples, the air sticks closer to the ball

6:22:586:23:02

for longer and you get a thinner wake like that.

6:23:026:23:04

That's so clever.

6:23:046:23:05

Now, the key is, thanks to those dimples, you get a thinner wake.

6:23:056:23:08

A thinner wake means less drag. It slows down less.

6:23:086:23:10

And, actually, a golf ball goes three times further than just

6:23:106:23:14

-a purely smooth sphere.

-I would never have guessed that.

6:23:146:23:17

Isn't it amazing?

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Now, Wimbledon's just around the corner and I love it.

6:23:186:23:20

They use kind of fluffy tennis balls, don't they?

6:23:206:23:23

-Why are they all fuzzy?

-Why are tennis balls fluffy?

6:23:236:23:26

Right, have a look.

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Here's a very fluffy tennis ball. Let's put it in here.

6:23:276:23:29

Now, the thing is, you don't want to make all balls travel faster.

6:23:296:23:32

-Look at what's going to happen.

-Look at this.

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Look at that string behind. It is going all over the place.

6:23:346:23:37

Dancing in the air, isn't it?

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It's because there is such a huge wake behind a tennis ball,

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deliberately, because in tennis you want to slow the ball down,

6:23:426:23:45

-otherwise the serve would just fly out the back of the court.

-OK.

6:23:456:23:49

So they're designed to be that way.

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The moral is, don't play golf with a tennis ball or the other

6:23:506:23:53

-way round, cos it's all going to go very wrong, isn't it?

-Exactly right.

6:23:536:23:56

-Yeah. Exactly right.

-OK.

6:23:566:23:58

Greg, you fantastically explained the sports science behind balls.

6:23:586:24:01

I've got another question for you.

6:24:016:24:02

Can you explain the sports science behind our sporting elite

6:24:026:24:05

-we have here?

-OK, I'll try.

6:24:056:24:07

So, loads of training obviously goes in to you guys achieving

6:24:076:24:10

the heights that you have,

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but you can kind of say that there are three different

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types of body shapes in, kind of, Olympic sport and Paralympic sport.

6:24:136:24:17

What you've got is you've got ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph.

6:24:176:24:20

Steph, I'd say you're an ectomorph, OK? You're tall.

6:24:206:24:23

You're quite slight. There's not much muscle, not much fat.

6:24:236:24:25

You've got great stamina.

6:24:256:24:27

Of course, you need to have that for your sport, right?

6:24:276:24:29

Yeah, of course, because football lasts 90 minutes and for me

6:24:296:24:32

it's all about performing to a high standard for 90 minutes, so to have

6:24:326:24:35

a lot of stamina and produce all the movements is what I need to do.

6:24:356:24:38

Yeah. So, Christian and Ellie, I'd say you are a mesomorph.

6:24:386:24:41

So, this is you've got slightly more muscle, slightly more power

6:24:416:24:44

and you use that in gymnastics and swimming, of course.

6:24:446:24:48

-And the third one is an endomorph.

-Yes.

6:24:486:24:51

Yeah, so have a look at this. This is Ciaran. Here is Ciaran.

6:24:516:24:55

-Big lad.

-Much bigger lad, right? He has got bigger joints.

6:24:556:24:58

He has got wider hips.

6:24:586:24:59

And he uses the power and his strength

6:24:596:25:01

and his body weight in sports like rugby, of course, for him.

6:25:016:25:04

The thing is, those are just kind of three ideal, like, shapes.

6:25:046:25:08

No-one really fits into each one exactly. You're kind of a mixture.

6:25:086:25:11

So, everyone that's watching needs to just go and try loads of

6:25:116:25:14

sports, do what you love, practice, practice, practice,

6:25:146:25:17

but it's all about this. The brain.

6:25:176:25:19

The drive and the passion.

6:25:196:25:20

I love that. You're getting really passionate. An inspiring speech.

6:25:206:25:23

Greg Foot, everyone. Thank you for coming in.

6:25:236:25:25

And if you want to know what kind of body type you are

6:25:256:25:28

and what sport would suit you, head to the Blue Peter website.

6:25:286:25:30

The address is just there.

6:25:306:25:32

And you can take a little quiz that will tell you.

6:25:326:25:34

And whilst you're on the website, why don't you see Barney's clips?

6:25:346:25:37

He was set the challenge to name as many sports

6:25:376:25:39

as he could in alphabetical order.

6:25:396:25:41

It's very funny. Check it out.

6:25:416:25:42

W we can have, that's easy.

6:25:426:25:43

W's obviously, erm, women's basketball.

6:25:436:25:46

Women's football. W...

6:25:466:25:48

U, V, W, X.

6:25:486:25:50

Xylophone-playing.

6:25:506:25:51

X, Y is yachting.

6:25:516:25:53

And Z is...

6:25:536:25:55

There's just no use here, is there?

6:25:556:25:56

Z is... There's a sport with Z and the sport is...

6:25:566:25:59

Erm, I don't...

6:26:006:26:01

Let's just leave the Z, shall we?

6:26:026:26:04

I will never get bored of seeing Barney get hit with stuff like that.

6:26:056:26:08

-We miss him.

-We do miss him.

6:26:086:26:10

Now, at the start of the show, we asked you how you will earn

6:26:106:26:13

your Blue Peter Sport Badge 2016.

6:26:136:26:15

Loads of you got in touch, including Apricot Teeny Duck,

6:26:156:26:18

who says, "I will teach my best friend Beth to start tae kwon do."

6:26:186:26:22

-Nice.

-Very, very cool.

6:26:226:26:24

Lemon Cookie Jaguar says,

6:26:246:26:25

"I'm going to inspire my whole school to play tennis.

6:26:256:26:28

"I have organised a tournament

6:26:286:26:30

"and even the teachers are getting involved. It's going to be awesome."

6:26:306:26:33

That sounds good, doesn't it? A mini Wimbledon. I like it.

6:26:336:26:35

As long as they take on the teachers.

6:26:356:26:37

Cos I'm in if that is the case.

6:26:376:26:39

-Would you like to read one out, Ellie?

-Yeah.

6:26:396:26:41

So, hi, Cloudy Apple.

6:26:416:26:44

"I'm going to be inspiring my best friend Ayesha to play football,

6:26:446:26:48

"because I believe that girls rock at football."

6:26:486:26:50

Steph!

6:26:506:26:52

THEY LAUGH

6:26:526:26:53

Teal Star Camel says, "I'm going to inspire my friend to play

6:26:536:26:57

"wheelchair basketball."

6:26:576:26:58

Awesome. That is hard, as well.

6:26:586:27:00

Salmon Bongo Gerbil - possibly the coolest name -

6:27:006:27:03

"I'm going to teach my sister how to dance as it's really fun."

6:27:036:27:06

-Dancing is fun.

-We've had loads of great comments. Thank you very much.

6:27:066:27:09

-Happy dance.

-No, not happy dance today. Sit down.

6:27:096:27:12

Now, if you were watching earlier, you would have seen me say

6:27:126:27:14

that you need to spot Shelley.

6:27:146:27:16

And we've had quite a lot of comments,

6:27:166:27:18

but Gold Jokey Primrose was the first to spot Shelley. Here she is.

6:27:186:27:22

She was a little bit... There she is, just over Radzi's shoulder.

6:27:226:27:25

She is sneaky.

6:27:256:27:26

That's it for this week,

6:27:266:27:28

but coming up next week we are launching our brand-new competition.

6:27:286:27:31

It's called Dream Big and let me tell you, it is so, so cool.

6:27:316:27:34

I think it's my favourite competition we've ever,

6:27:346:27:37

ever done, so do make sure you are watching.

6:27:376:27:39

Iggy will also be meeting her new owner,

6:27:396:27:42

so that is very, very exciting.

6:27:426:27:43

And that is all we can show you about that.

6:27:436:27:45

However, we'll also be having a very special performance

6:27:456:27:48

from Britain's Got Talent's Ashley and Pudsey

6:27:486:27:51

right in this very studio.

6:27:516:27:52

-Guys, can I say a massive thank you for coming in?

-Yeah, thank you.

6:27:526:27:55

Thank you very much.

6:27:556:27:56

And make sure you're watching same time, same place next week.

6:27:566:27:59

-See you then.

-Earn those badges! Earn them! Bye!

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