Yorkshire Olympic Torch

Hello, good evening. Just take a look at this. Tens of thousands of

people have turned out here in the 5th -- in the City of Sheffield to

welcome the spirit of the Olympics, the Olympic flame, into the heart

of the city of sport. It will light the cauldron on the stage behind me

and then delighted to say I'm joined by the former England

cricket captain Michael Vaughan. What an atmosphere. I have got a

funny feeling that Sheffield had turned out to see one man tonight,

Lord Coe. He got two at Caldbeck -- gold medals in Moscow in 1980. He

will get a huge ovation tonight. Yes, Lord Coe will be running

through the same streets of Sheffield as he did as a young lad

when he was trading almost 40 years ago. -- training. Will also be

introducing you to some about Olympians who are going for gold,

and also some of the torch-bearers. This must have been an incredible

day. Absolutely. To think they are running through the streets with

tens of thousands of people, it is a day they will not forget. I can

tell you now that know where was the Torch welcomed more warmly than

in Barnsley. -- know where. -- nowhere. What a night it is going

to be in Sheffield. We're going to be meeting some of the torch-

bearers here. Today's journey has taken the Torch 8,000 miles. It is

going to be hearing 20 minutes' time. We have been meeting some of

those for whom today is a golden There aren't many women with the

stadium named after them, but Dorothy is one of them. She is a

champion sprinter. A bit rusty these days, but in the 60s, the

miner's daughter from Barnsley won three Olympic medals. I was so

nervous. I used to think, what am I doing here? Why do I put myself

through it? But as soon as you run through that tape, that is why you

do it. It's like going back to 1960 when I came back from the Olympic

Games. Really amazing. I knew the Barnsley people would turn out in

force, they are brilliant. Are you crying? Es! -- yes! A single bullet

fired by end Iraqi insurgent changed this man's life for ever.

It destroyed one I it and reduced his other socket to dust. 100 hours

of surgery has saved 10 % of his visit in one of his eyes. All you

can think of is doom and gloom. To put a more positive spin on life, I

embrace what has happened to me and I'm probably better person for what

has happened and have achieved much more than I possibly could have a

if it hadn't happened. Amazing, amazing. Tonight, I won't be able

Harry is in almost constant pain, they would never know it. An award-

winning scout, he has a disorder so where he is it the it -- the only

person in the world with that particular strain. His bones are

ageing much faster than they should, giving him arthritis. But it is

others he fundraisers for and the torches bothered about. It is a big

opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not everyone can get

to do it. It is an amazing feeling to be a part of it. Do you have any

It is just an amazing feeling and you have got to make the best of it

-- the best of it. People don't care what you are, who are, they

are so friendly. The atmosphere really building here. That is the

view from the BBC helicopter. Those are the thousands of people waiting

expectantly. Michael, you have some wonderful torch-bearer its? I do.

How was the atmosphere today? was just brilliant. It is like

nobody knows you but they are so friendly and helpful in every

single way you can imagine. What was the best bet? It was when you

get the Torch handed to you and you get to hand it over to the next

person. Where are you going to keep the Torch? In my room, but I am

having a battle with my mum. must be so proud? Yes, everyone had

T-shirts on today. I want to say thank you to everybody had turned

out to cheer him on. And Simon, how was it for you today? Absolutely

amazing. A special day was made very special. You must be amazed by

the response of people? Absolutely. This is just absolutely

unbelievable. He must have been very emotional for you? Yes, every

emotion you can think of it went right through me. The crowd

certainly came out. No more so than here. Tom Ingall is live in the

helicopter for us. Tom, it is incredible! I'm having a real boys'

adventure in the skies. We have been tracking the taught all the

way from Hillsborough. The helicopter crew tell me they're the

best crowds they have seen on the journey so far. Looking at a

monitors, the Torch is just leaving S Street and it making its way onto

Norfolk Street and Surrey Street and into the city centre. You have

got Lord Coe, a champion of bringing the Olympics to London in

2012, and two teenage girls, champions of sport, helping young

people in their area get involved in sport today. You have got the

past, present and future or celebrated in the space of about

500 metres. What a terrific example of the Olympic spirit here in

Sheffield. It is a great view from up here, but I bet the party on the

floor is much better. I can't believe these scenes. Absolutely

incredible. A lot of those people we have seen there are waiting to

see Lord Coe. Yes, I remember in 2005 when the announcement was made

in Singapore that London will be getting be the Olympics, Seb Coe

was in the background. Many pictures of David Beckham and other

legends, but Seb Coe is Mr One of the things that marked him

out was the length of his legs. He was only about 5 ft 9 but he had

legs like me and I'm six foot two. We had some very good runners and

some of them got to a higher standard, county level, and some of

them were internationals in their own right. But he was so far ahead

of the rest of us. I used to train -- he used to train very

methodically. The skinny lad from Sheffield was indeed something

special. In 1980 he went to Moscow and Los the 800 metres, his best

event. But he got his revenge in the 1,500. -- lost. It was a title

he defended against the odds four years later. Athletics and politics

beckoned, and he was the perfect man to lead Britain's Olympic bid.

The Games in 2012 are awarded to the City of London. If you want

people to follow you in sport, you need people who go, right, I get

that, I get his passion. Making Seb Coe lead the bid it was a big move.

He doesn't know much about putting bricks and mortar together but what

he needs to do it is take people with him. It was absolutely the

right thing to have him lead us through to what is going to be a

And we will see the moment in just a few seconds when Lord Coe is

actually handed that Torch. He is going to be handed it by a man who

represented Great Britain in 1948. He actually has the Torch now. We

are going to be able to go and see him in just a moment. Absolutely

incredible. We see their Seb Coe running through the streets of

Sheffield with the Torch. What an amazing moment. It really is. I'm

just looking back to the clipper pm in their shorts, I don't think

there around any more -- the clip of him. When he is winning his gold

medals, those silver medals, look at the people trying to get close

to him. He has done a tremendous job of delivering the game's to

London. Absolutely incredible. We will hear more from Lord Coe on the

stage. But there is another Olympian that Sheffield has taken

to their hearts, she is a Sheffield's golden girl. You

In Barnsley, we are next to Yorkshire County, it is nice and

low-key. We can get some throwing done before we start. We're off to

Manchester and Austria after that. When I started, when I was 11

fritter now, I have come back to do the Yorkshire championships. It is

nice to mix that with other events. They are still great event and

there are a lot of good kids who The shot is still ahead of the hip,

it's better but it hasn't quite got a bite on it. I think I just need

to stay back over. She is in shock but detention! -- shotput. Unlike

It is a bit windy, but if you do what you did the other day, it will

be fine. Nearly blew the javelin away from her and into her head. It

is a challenge, but this is why she's doing this competition. But

long way away from the Olympic Stadium, but very useful. Something

was missing today. But I'm still happy with the way it's going. I'm

hoping I'll savour good throw for it a few weeks' time. -- save a

There we are, the moment when Seb Coe, he has done his bit. He handed

over to a young hopeful, a young girl, Bridie Hamilton, aged just 17.

She has inspired other people to take part in grassroots sport. That

is just fantastic. Seb Coe certainly inspired me. I wanted to

be him, I had similar legs, nice and then. I just wasn't fast enough.

But he did inspire so many people in Sheffield. And that is what the

Olympics is all about. The legacy that it will lead in a few years'

time. We will want to be the likes of Seb Coe from the 80s.

already people want to be Jessica Ennis. And we have her coach right

here. We do. Toni Minichiello, good evening. How is Jessica Ennis

dealing with the pressure? She is doing really well. It's just about

turning up to training every day and getting the work done. For just

a care, there is 40 days to go cut so we have about 30 days of

training left. She was having problems with the long jump? I will

check. Maybe she will even check to make sure. You said 40 days, what

happens between now and then? just training. Will get the

training down and then in late July will go off to a holding camp where

all the British athletes are going. Jessica, all the best. Absolutely.

I wonder how she will fail when she -- I wonder how she will feel. Look

at that. Young Bridie Hamilton carrying the Torch through

Sheffield. It is like the Jubilee, as well. I wonder what it is like

by the stage. Someone who can tell The people have been here since

2:00pm this afternoon. The flags are definitely flying. You are

looking very patriotic. It is great for Britain and Yorkshire,

supporting Team GB! I have tickets for London 2012 it. I am proud to

be British. We have met before, haven't we? Yes, this has been the

fourth time. I have followed the Torch from Pickering down to

Sheffield. There is a great sense of community and history. Some

people are going to be working at the Games. Lots of students here

from Sheffield Hallam University. will be working at the stadium, and

talking to the athletes. I am really excited. How exciting. We

have got the flags, the crowds and the atmosphere. All we need now is

a real Olympic Torch. We are going to see the moment when

young Carys Hall like the cauldron, but there is a young lady I would

like you to meet. She is going to go for gold. Nicola Adams, and a

boxer, first time in the Olympics. Yes, I am really excited and

looking forward to it. You have come straight from training. How

our preparations going? Really well. Technique is going great. I could

not ask for a better preparation. When you see this amount of people

turning out for the Torch, what will it be like for the real thing?

It will be massive. It looks really exciting out there now. It is

really nice, it is good to see. Does it give you that extra boost?

Yes, I do not feel any nurse at all. Art and soul happy to be a part of

everything going on. I am so happy. A lot of people, said, women's

boxing. But you proved them wrong. It is going well? Yes, it is going

really well. You have a fierce right hander! You are going to get

in gold medal! Nicola, you are going for gold.

Nothing less will do. Definitely. I would love to bring a gold medal

back to Leeds. How exciting would that be? I have such a good feeling.

You will come on Look North and we will celebrate ordure achievements.

Met a stern our attention to the stage. -- let us turn our Mac

attention. -- let us turn our attention. The City is absolutely

buzzing. Welcome to viewers from the News Channel, for that big

moment. What a moment for the young girl. So there are thousands of

people here to watch it, and she has been inspired by sports. She

umpires, and she has improved her studies because of it. She is

studying harder and getting better grades. That is what it is all

about - the unsung heroes. We have met the champions, the champions of

old like Lord Coe, but these people like Harry, Simon, they will never

forget it. Yes, and I think the old Olympians, to bring back all the

old memories, it is wonderful for them, but for the Torch bearers, it

is a moment they will never forget. But where are you going to put the

Torch? I could think of lots of places it would be incredible. He

is Karras now making her way to the stage. -- Carys Hall. Here she is

going to be welcomed by the crowd. Let us enjoy the moment, as she

moves towards the stage. She will be running to the most famous piece

of running music there ever was. Wonderful. Fantastic turnout.

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Raise the flame! Let us count her down. 5, 4, 3, two

1! Like the cold and! -- like to Let us welcome onto the stage, to

be faster from BBC Sheffield.Now live on BBC One. -- Toby Foster.

I think I am on fire. What has it been like? A amazing. The whole

journey, to see the crowd packed out here, one street was so narrow

but people had just come out to see it. Look at the crowd now. Did you

ever think you would see this? Never in my lifetime, I cannot even

see the end of the crowd! Give her a big Sheffield cheer!

We now welcome to the stage, one of the driving forces behind London

2012, please welcome lord Kohl to the stage. -- lord Kohl.

It doesn't get any better. There is no where else I would rather be

than here at this moment. What have the crowds been back? Unbelievable.

20, 30, 40 deep, hanging out of windows... Did you ever think of

when you started this journey that the Torch would bring this kind of

enthusiasm? To be honest I did. Because we just get support in this

country. This is where all my athletics career took place, in

this city. I am hardly surprised that people would turn up.

started in Hallam. The Harriers, and all my coach is, my mum and

dad... This is in big moment. Jessica Ennis walked in as a nine

year-old. What is your message for the kids today? This city does

throw up people in sport. Be a part of it. There is no better city on

this planet to be brought up for sport. Communities get it, sport is

understood by people. Join your local clubs. Have we was talking

about the benefits of the Olympics coming to London. How can cities

like Sheffield benefit from what is going on? Sheffield said the whole

tone and style about using sport in the City. We had the World Student

Games here, which left a huge legacy of fantastic sporting

facilities. People come here to train, and overseas countries

competing, and preparing in our training camps. So Sheffield is a

fantastic city to be promoting the other big values for all stop let

us have a big Sheffield cheer for Sebastian Coe!

And a massive cheer for your torchbearer!

That was a round of applause that man deserves. He has been an

inspiration for many years, he brought the Olympics to London. He

might move back up north afterwards. He did say that he might move back

and get a bit of land and try to chill out. I can imagine the last

few years have been a bit hectic. The reception that he has received

today will remind him of the warmth of Yorkshire and the reason why he

started running on the streets so long ago. But here is the lady of

the moment. What do you think of what you have just seen? Amazing. I

cannot believe the crowd. It is great. Tony, a winner Jessica is a

little superstitious. She will not go into that Olympic Stadium. Will

she be watching tonight? Definitely. She is at home watching tonight.

Has this brought home the importance of the Olympics in this

country? Before tonight it was like, it is 40 days away, but now I have

got the goose bumps. It feels really close. I cannot quite

believe, one million people in Yorkshire, in six days, and it has

still got another half-day to grow. One million people have come to see

the Torch. What will the atmosphere be like for the Olympics? People at

home will be watching this and wanting to get going in at three

weeks' time. Let the Games begin. How important was it to have a home

advantage? Will it help? Wait until they get into that Olympic arena,

with 70,000 people behind them, it will be immense for all stop thank