0:00:01 > 0:00:04Carrying a message from Her Majesty,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07the Queen's Baton Relay is on a global journey.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11The baton is travelling to every nation
0:00:11 > 0:00:12and territory of the Commonwealth,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16for the Games in Glasgow, this July.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Much gold for Nigeria!
0:00:18 > 0:00:23Adventurer Mark Beaumont is following the baton.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25This guy is seriously fast!
0:00:25 > 0:00:28As it travels through Africa, he meets the young people
0:00:28 > 0:00:31looking ahead to the Games with huge ambition.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35I will do my best for Seychelles, you know.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37I will try to get a medal for my country.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Young people who are using sport to transform their lives...
0:00:41 > 0:00:45It helps our young generation to be inspired.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49..from an incredible mix of backgrounds and cultures,
0:00:49 > 0:00:54but all connected by the Queen's Baton Relay.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21This leg of the relay takes the baton
0:01:21 > 0:01:23through the great continent of Africa.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34There are epic landscapes...
0:01:37 > 0:01:40..and nature at some of its most magnificent.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45It is also home to more than one billion people,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48from a vast array of cultures.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59One thing that connects communities across the continent is youth.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01CHEERING AND SHOUTING
0:02:04 > 0:02:0970% of the population of Africa is under 30.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16En route, the baton encounters young people who are using sport
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and competition as a way of changing their lives.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22CHANTING AND SINGING
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Nigeria is known as the giant of Africa,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and has sporting achievements to match.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38It is in the top 10 medal-winning countries of the Commonwealth Games.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43And with success at table tennis, weight lifting, athletics
0:02:43 > 0:02:48and para events, it has taken home over 170 medals.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55TRUMPETS PLAY ROUSING MUSIC
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Behind every great athlete are loyal fans,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02and in Nigeria, the fans are definitely hard to miss.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07And they are out in force to welcome the baton.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Anywhere we have sport, all over the world, you will see them
0:03:10 > 0:03:13drumming, singing, dancing at the stadium.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16So, they give their heart for our team,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20the national team, you know, it gets them more achievement on the field.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23That is what they are meant for.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- So, you have a team on the pitch and a team off the pitch.- Of course.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34What are you looking forward to at the Commonwealth Games?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Well, much gold for Nigeria!
0:03:36 > 0:03:41TRUMPETS AND PERCUSSION PLAY
0:03:58 > 0:04:02In Cameroon, para sports are developing.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And for Patrick Bakounga, who is partially sighted,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13competing is about more than just winning medals.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18What do you get out of sport?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH
0:04:27 > 0:04:31In my neighbourhood, they respect who I am, because I practise sport.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33What is your record for the 100m?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37THEY SPEAK IN FRENCH
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- 11.3.- That's impressive. Incredible.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Patrick took up running 10 years ago after he lost his sight to illness.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52He trains with a guide runner.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It's a complex partnership that requires the runners
0:04:57 > 0:04:59to work in sync.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I am guiding with my arm, or by verbal?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05No, by verbal and by the hands.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10You can speak to him, when you are out of the curve, then you
0:05:10 > 0:05:16go in a straight line, let's go faster, let's go highness, OK?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20If you just try to contact him... with speaking.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Perfect, let's give it a go.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26C'est pret?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29OK, go!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Left. Left.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36OK, straight, straight.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40That's good.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Hey, well done.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Well done!
0:05:46 > 0:05:52This guy is seriously fast! I could feel he was just floating along.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55But the technique to try and stick in your lane,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58it's so much more than just trying to think of running fast.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59I'm impressed.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Ready? Step!
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Sports can be that leverage tool,
0:06:07 > 0:06:12that maybe is likely to enable them to...to make a living.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17We need to be able, to be capable of harnessing all this potential,
0:06:17 > 0:06:22this natural potential, and bring it to the Paralympic sports,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and that will be a successful achievement.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27If we don't, so, we would have failed.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32In Cameroon, the people with disability account for about...
0:06:32 > 0:06:35it will be more than 20% of the population,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37more than two million people.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41And most of these guys, about 60 or 70%, our youngsters,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I mean below 25.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47So, it means that if you get all these guys, most of them,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49involved in sport, you can imagine the pool.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55So, we have to have them involved in the para sport, this for me
0:06:55 > 0:06:58is the biggest challenge.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02And what's the reason you've got such a big pool of potential athletes?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05The reason is the living conditions.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Most of the people with disabilities, it is not due
0:07:09 > 0:07:13to road accidents or something, it is because of diseases.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28Almost 2.5 million people live here, in the capital city.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35This street is called Mini Ferme, and it is in Yaounde, Cameroon.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39It's already bustling, and I believe this happens 24 hours a day.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43I'm with Raphael, who can tell me a bit about it. Is it always this busy?
0:07:43 > 0:07:49Yes, busy like this, especially from 2pm in the afternoon.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53And there's amazing smells coming from these street vendors.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55What foods are famous in Cameroon?
0:07:55 > 0:08:00The foods that are famous, we have mostly roasted meat.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04It is very spicy and sweet in your mouth, when you eat.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11One of the most popular street foods is made of fried pork and plantain.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It is only found here.
0:08:16 > 0:08:22I can see there the trotter, the foot. And the...the nose.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Yes, there is nose there.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I don't think I'm brave enough to eat the nose!
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- You can eat it, it is no problem.- Yeah? OK.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Right, you choose some good bits, and let's see how to cook it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43That looks good.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Hey, it's fast.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I'm not sure which part of the pig this is, but... Bon appetit!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Ooh!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05That's good, but very, very fiery.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07C'est bon! Merci.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18After a brief stop in Kenya, the baton moves on to Uganda.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Uganda has the highest proportion of young people in the whole of Africa.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Nearly 80% of its population is under 30.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39And here, sport is seen as offering opportunity.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- ALL:- Glasgow!
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Gives us exposure, it helps our younger generation to be inspired,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48with the big stars across the world.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55This year, over 60 athletes will go to the Games in Glasgow,
0:09:55 > 0:10:00including Dorcus Inzikuru, who won the first-ever steeplechase gold
0:10:00 > 0:10:03when the women's event was introduced to the competition
0:10:03 > 0:10:04in 2006.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08What was it like, the reaction,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10when you came back to Uganda with a gold medal?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Wow, it was great, you know.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15It was really amazing. So the whole crowd, the whole city, and
0:10:15 > 0:10:18they were so welcoming, as the hero, you know, so it's very, very lovely.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23To me, it's really a great achievement for my country.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And I would like to go back again for Glasgow.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Victory at the Games has transformed Dorcus's life.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43And for another young woman,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46competition of a different kind has presented opportunity.
0:10:50 > 0:10:5417-year-old Phiona Mutesi is from one of the country's poorest
0:10:54 > 0:11:00neighbourhoods but is now among the Uganda's best ever chess players
0:11:00 > 0:11:01and is a potential world-beater.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05How did you first learn to play chess?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I came to chess, like, searching for something to eat
0:11:08 > 0:11:11because at home we used to have nothing to eat.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16At the chess programme, they could sub them something,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18that's why I went there.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20So, how old were you?
0:11:20 > 0:11:25- By then I was nine years old. - Nine years old.- Yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Like these youngsters, Phiona first came to the chess club
0:11:29 > 0:11:32because it provided hot food.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36But her talent for the game was her ticket to a better life.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42With prize-money won at national and international chess tournaments,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44she moved her family to a better neighbourhood
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and went back to school.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49What do you dream of in the future?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51In chess, I dream of becoming a grandmaster
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- and in education I want to become a paediatrician.- Wow.- Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Phiona might well end up being the first Ugandan grandmaster
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and her story has become an inspiration.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Today, the chess club has
0:12:07 > 0:12:10over 100 children from the neighbourhood playing the game.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I come here basically to play chess because I enjoy the game.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18First I came here to eat food
0:12:18 > 0:12:22but I realised that chess is more than food.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25You know you must get a job to use what you have
0:12:25 > 0:12:29so I knew how to play chess and it so happened that I had a chess board
0:12:29 > 0:12:33so the idea struck me, I said, "Maybe I can use this game."
0:12:33 > 0:12:35But having gone through the slums, personally,
0:12:35 > 0:12:36you know what it takes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It's not so easy to break that cycle.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43So, has chess always been a big game in Uganda?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I would say it has not been a big game at all
0:12:45 > 0:12:48but I think it is, within this generation,
0:12:48 > 0:12:52maybe some three or four years back, that it has become very popular,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56especially because of Phiona's achievements in the game.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57It is such a good inspiration
0:12:57 > 0:13:00because there are so many people staying in the slum areas and many
0:13:00 > 0:13:02people are living below the poverty line
0:13:02 > 0:13:06and they have no hope whatsoever so it is such a great encouragement
0:13:06 > 0:13:10and I think it restores hope in them that maybe we can also make it.
0:13:16 > 0:13:23From Uganda, the baton passes on to Rwanda before arriving in Tanzania,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27where competition is helping to change the lives of young women.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33CHEERING
0:13:34 > 0:13:37A cricket club set up over a decade ago has been helping
0:13:37 > 0:13:41women from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a career in sport.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49But the support they received goes far beyond the cricket pitch.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Basically, when a girl comes in,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53she's ensured of a long term
0:13:53 > 0:13:55partnership between
0:13:55 > 0:13:57the association and the player.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01A girl is in education, she wants to continue for scholarship,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04we ensure that she does get that.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08We come to the situation for housing, when they struggle in life,
0:14:08 > 0:14:13we ensure that they do get that. Employment, we do assist in that.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17We come to a situation when a girl is sick
0:14:17 > 0:14:20or has got maternity problem,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23we ensure that she is properly taken care of health-wise.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27And this partnership has many success stories.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Mwanaidi Ibrahim was among the first few to join the club
0:14:32 > 0:14:3813 years ago and now is the star player of the national cricket team.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Mwanaidi, what has being involved in sports
0:14:40 > 0:14:43done in terms of your family life and your community?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Family life is a concern.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54She doesn't have a father. She lives with her mother
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and grandmother. Both of them are unemployed.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Through cricket, which has opened the door and the employment,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04basically, she is running the family.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09Can you explain to me what it is about the situation,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11the game that makes you emotional?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:15:22 > 0:15:24She says that without the game,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28she cannot imagine without the game because without the game
0:15:28 > 0:15:31she would more probably be somewhere in the streets
0:15:31 > 0:15:33trying to earn a livelihood.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Whatever recognition and whatever few happiness she has got
0:15:37 > 0:15:41in this life is to the game and that basically is getting her through.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Cricket has helped to travel around the world and in that process
0:15:48 > 0:15:53I have met different people and that interaction has helped me
0:15:53 > 0:15:56to broaden my mind and that has helped me in my day-to-day.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Cricket has to be played by the maximum.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08The game should not be played by a privileged few.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13This game is, we can do it, we send it to every household in Tanzania.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It is the third generation or the second generation which will
0:16:16 > 0:16:20come later. They will reap the efforts which we do now.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28This doesn't feel like the safest place to stand.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Those balls are coming pretty fast.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I played cricket literally once or twice in my life
0:16:33 > 0:16:35and that was maybe 15 years ago.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37I'm quite keen to have a go.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39See if I can actually hit one of them.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42I'm scared.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Wow.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Whoa!
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Lovely. Well done.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Being an absolute beginner at cricket,
0:16:58 > 0:17:02I never imagined it to be an adrenaline sport but, trust me, when
0:17:02 > 0:17:06you're standing there and they're being fired at you, that is exciting.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12# Welcome
0:17:12 > 0:17:13# Welcome
0:17:13 > 0:17:17# Welcome to the Seychelles
0:17:17 > 0:17:19# Welcome
0:17:19 > 0:17:21# Welcome
0:17:21 > 0:17:25# Welcome to the Seychelles!
0:17:25 > 0:17:29# Welcome to the Seychelles
0:17:29 > 0:17:31# It's a paradise. #
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Appropriately for a small island nation,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Seychelles has a unique welcome for the baton.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19CHEERING
0:18:26 > 0:18:29CHEERING
0:18:32 > 0:18:3614-year-old swimmer Felicity Passon will be
0:18:36 > 0:18:39one of the youngest competitors in Glasgow.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Six months until Glasgow 2014. What are you hoping for?
0:18:44 > 0:18:48I'm just going to keep working hard and do my best
0:18:48 > 0:18:50so that I'm able to do good times.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Maybe my dream is to qualify for, like, the finals, but
0:18:54 > 0:18:58it's just a dream but I have to work hard if I really want it to happen.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05From the tropical islands in the Indian Ocean,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07to landlocked Malawi.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Over 30% of Malawi's land is covered by forests
0:19:15 > 0:19:19and is home to hundreds of species of birds and animals.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But, in recent years, there has been increased
0:19:24 > 0:19:28pressure on the forests, placing the animals that inhabit them at risk.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33At Lilongwe Wildlife Centre,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35they rescue and look after animals
0:19:35 > 0:19:39which have been displaced from the forests.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41So, what is threatening the forests?
0:19:41 > 0:19:45The involvement of people in cutting down the trees,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48that is for charcoal and firewood.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50The reason behind this is because
0:19:50 > 0:19:537% of the population of Malawi have an access to electricity.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- 7%?- Yes. Meaning to say that the majority do not have this access.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01So, that is putting pressure on the natural resources.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05That's why they are going into the forests and cut down the trees
0:20:05 > 0:20:11so that they can get charcoal and firewood for cooking and other use.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Even selling them to the people.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19The centre has been tackling deforestation
0:20:19 > 0:20:21by working with local women.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25This is one of the communities working with the Lilongwe Centre.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27And they are involved in briquette making,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29which is an alternative source of energy.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Instead of using charcoal and firewood,
0:20:31 > 0:20:32they are using that to cook.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- Hello, I'm Mark.- I'm Doris. - Hi, Doris.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Briquettes are made by mixing sawdust and waste paper with water.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Once compressed, the blocks are dried.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54They use less wood and burn more efficiently.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57That means fewer trees need to be felled.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02The fuel might be new,
0:21:02 > 0:21:07but the maize porridge lunch is very much a traditional affair.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13- Amen.- Thank you.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16It's such a beautiful country that you live in,
0:21:16 > 0:21:20there's got to be great value in using offcuts from wood,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23rather than cutting down new trees to use in your fire.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28- Do you see a big value for the environment as well?- Very much.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32When we cut down the trees, the rains become very erratic.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Oh, really?- Yeah.- What happens?
0:21:34 > 0:21:39So, sometimes the rain comes only for one month.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Our crops, to be able to ripe,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46especially the maize, it takes up to three months.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48If the rains go after one month,
0:21:48 > 0:21:53then there is no reaping of our maize.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Wow, so what you're burning on the fires affects your staple food,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- your main food?- Yes, it does.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04What do you hope will happen in the future in Malawi?
0:22:04 > 0:22:10We are hoping that if everybody gets to know how to use the new
0:22:10 > 0:22:13technology of cooking, then there will be no hunger in the country.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23After the baton left Malawi,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25it travelled to Zambia.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30So far, it has been a 10,000 mile journey through Africa.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33And its next stop is to Namibia.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37THEY SING
0:22:48 > 0:22:53In Namibia, Fiffy Kashululu and JoJoe Hamunyela
0:22:53 > 0:22:55are warming up for a training session.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Making it onto the national road cycling team has
0:23:00 > 0:23:02radically changed their lives.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Cycling gave me a lot of advantages in life.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Took me out of the streets.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Got me to see places where I never thought I would see.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Representing myself,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21having made it into the national team,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25then my community are glad and then the whole country.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28It's a special feeling to know you are chosen to go
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and represent a nation.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35They first took up cycling at an after-school club, which was
0:23:35 > 0:23:38started to help disadvantaged young people stay in education.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Hunger is the greatest concern
0:23:40 > 0:23:42for Namibian learners.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45The second greatest concern and cause for dropout is transport.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47So, inability to access schools.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49So, we got 100 bicycles that learners started
0:23:49 > 0:23:51to use to come to school.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54And the spin-off of all of that was that then kids had these
0:23:54 > 0:23:57bikes that they could use not just to go to school, but to socialise.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Then they'd start participating in fun rides on the weekends.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02And, beyond the fun rides,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04they started to participate in major cycling events.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09And Fiffy and JoJoe are ready to make their debut
0:24:09 > 0:24:13at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this year.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16When I ride, I know I'm not just riding for myself.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18There's people behind me -
0:24:18 > 0:24:20my country...
0:24:21 > 0:24:24..Namibians.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26They're trailblazers.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28They're competing internationally, that's exciting.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31But they've got their lives in order, that's even more exciting.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33They're making a legit income.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And they're showing that you can still turn your life around.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38And if you're committed and disciplined to something,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40you can achieve it and you make your country proud.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43You guys are definitely warmed up.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- Are you up for going for a ride, as well?- Yeah.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Where's your home, JoJoe?
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Inside, you have to make a few turns again to go to my house.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- So this is your community? - Yeah. I grew up here.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- And do you still ride from here? - Yeah.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15I ride from here, go back to the centre
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and go meet up with the guys to go for training.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Olympic and Commonwealth road cyclist Dan Craven
0:25:37 > 0:25:39is the team captain
0:25:39 > 0:25:42and he's been working to develop the sport in Namibia.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The problem with it, of course,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48is the fact that cycling is not a cheap sport.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53It's not like football where you buy one ball
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and everyone can play and they can share the ball.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Generally, everyone has their own bike.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03You can't be changing the setting every day.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05So, per guy, here,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09just the bike alone would be something like £1,000.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11That makes it really difficult.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14So, it's going to struggle to come to the masses.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17But it's definitely growing in numbers.
0:26:22 > 0:26:29It's quite unusual to have a group in Namibia on the road.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Until now, it's always been very small groups,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35twos and threes, but things are starting to change,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40as, I suppose, the new era is moving in.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44People are starting to realise for the first time that cycling
0:26:44 > 0:26:47is actually a team sport, road cycling.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Riding in a bigger group, you learn so much more, so much quicker
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and also you can pass on a lot of knowledge.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57You don't pass the knowledge on individually, you can
0:26:57 > 0:26:59pass it on to a whole group.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02With these guys now sort of stepping up
0:27:02 > 0:27:04and being part of the national team, they can come back
0:27:04 > 0:27:08and they can teach the younger guys themselves,
0:27:08 > 0:27:13so it's spreading the knowledge so much wider.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22And that experience, as it is passed on by Fiffy and JoJoe,
0:27:22 > 0:27:23will mean more lives changed
0:27:23 > 0:27:26by participation in sport and competition.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Join Mark next time as the baton
0:27:32 > 0:27:35continues its journey through Africa,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39where athletes are pushing themselves to the limit...
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I train six days a week, about four hours a day.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46..and sport is an important part of young people's lives.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52All of them brought together by the journey of the Queen's Baton Relay.