揭秘倫敦奧運會開幕式七位點燃主火炬年輕運動員

來源：查字典奧運會網  發布時間： 2016-07-05

  Young athletes carried the Olympic flame around the stadium, a symbol of the Games legacy, and then the sporting prospects lit the petals.

  在剛剛結束的倫敦奧運會開幕式上，七位年輕的運動員們手持奧運圣火圍繞體育館奔跑，隨后，這些未來的體育棟梁點燃了花瓣式的主火炬。

  Callum Airlie, 17, was nominated by gold medal-winning sailor Shirley Robertson. He has been sailing since the age of four, and is a two-time Optimist UK national champion who aims to be entered into the 2013 ISAF (International Sailing Association & Federation) Open.

  17歲的卡勒姆埃爾利耶由英國帆船比賽金牌獲得者雪莉羅伯特森推薦，卡姆勒從4歲起參加帆船運動，曾兩次獲得英國樂觀者型帆船比賽（一種適合6-15歲青少年的帆船運動）冠軍，并被看好進入2013國際帆船聯合會公開賽。

  Jordan Duckitt, 18, was chairman of the London 2012 Young Ambassador Steering Group for two years, and was nominated by Duncan Goodhew.

  喬丹杜克吉特今年18歲，曾兩年倫敦2012青少年大使指導小組主席，他經由鄧肯古德休推薦。

  Athletics talent Desiree Henry was put forward by Daley Thomson. The 16-year-old was the youngest member of the Great Britain youth team to gain a world 200m title at the IAAF World Youth Championships in 2011, and competes this year at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona.

  運動天才底西瑞亨利由戴利湯姆森推薦。這位英國國青隊最年輕的16歲成員在2011年國際田聯世界少年田徑錦標賽200米短跑上獲得冠軍，并將于今年征戰巴塞羅那世界青年錦標賽。

  Runner Katie Kirk was nominated by Dame Mary Peters, who won gold in the womens Pentathlon at the 1972 Munich games.

  跑步運動員凱蒂凱爾克由女勛爵瑪麗彼得斯推薦，后者在1972年慕尼黑奧運會上曾奪得女子五項全能冠軍。

  Katie, 18, was selected to run at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, in the 400m and 4x400m relay.She was also part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4x400m relay at the European Junior championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

  18歲的凱蒂曾被選拔參加在印度新德里舉辦的英聯邦運動會，當時參加的項目是400米短跑和4400接力。她也曾是在愛沙尼亞塔林舉辦的歐洲青年錦標賽上獲得4400接力冠軍的英國隊一員。

  Sir Steve nominated young rower Cameron MacRitchie, 19.The teenager finished fifth with his partner James Edwards in the mens pair at the 2012 GB rowing team under 23 trials in April.He was selected in the mens eight to race at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Lithuania.

  史蒂夫雷德格雷夫推薦的則是19歲的卡梅倫馬克里奇。在今年4月的一場比賽中，代表英國隊的卡梅倫和他的隊友詹姆斯愛德華茲在男子雙人賽艇比賽中去的第五名的成績。他曾奪得在立陶宛舉辦的23歲以下世界賽艇錦標賽男子第八名。

  Aidan Reynolds, 18, was put forward by Lynn Davies, who captained Team GB at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984.Aidan gave up a promising basketball career to focus on the javelin, winning three medals at national level at the English Schools, UK School Games and English Championships.

  18歲的艾丹雷諾爾德斯由曾在1980年莫斯科奧運會和1984洛杉磯奧運會上領軍英國的林恩戴維斯提名，艾丹放棄了籃球事業，轉而投向標槍，并曾獲得三枚獎牌。

  Adelle Tracey was nominated by Dame Kelly Holmes.The 19-year-old has collected county, regional and national junior and senior titles in 400m and 800m, and has been in the top five UK rankings for the last six years.She won 800m silver for Great Britain in the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland.

  阿德勒特蕾西由凱利霍爾姆斯推薦，這位19歲的田徑運動員已經摘得過鄉郡、地區及國家級青少年400米及800米中短跑比賽獎牌，并在過去六年間一直排名英國前五名。她也在芬蘭舉行的歐洲青年奧林匹克節上為英國摘得一枚800米跑銀牌。

  滬江快訊：在剛剛結束的倫敦奧運會開幕式上，七位年輕的運動員們手持奧運圣火圍繞體育館奔跑，隨后，這些未來的體育棟梁點燃了花瓣式的主火炬。他們的選拔，全由7位英國奧運英雄提名得出。其中包括最輝煌的奧運選手，五屆賽艇奧運冠軍史蒂夫雷德格雷夫；雅典奧運會兩枚金牌得主霍姆斯；兩枚奧運帆船金牌得主羅伯特森；蛙泳名將古德休；五項全能傳奇選手彼得斯女勛爵；威爾士首枚奧運金牌得主戴維斯；以及英國田徑王子湯普森。他們每人提名一位年輕人，來完成這一歷史使命。

  這7名年輕火炬手與開幕式、倫敦奧運主題，完美恰當融合，恰好地體現了倫敦奧運會激勵一代人的口號。