London 2012: David Beckham to collect Olympic flame

The delegation, including five young people, will fly back on BA2012.
They land at a Cornish air base on Friday evening, ahead of the start of the torch relay on Saturday morning.

The flame, which was lit from the rays of the sun at Olympia on 10 May, will be passed on to London in a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium.

London 2012 chairman Seb Coe, British Olympic Association President and Locog Board Member the Princess Royal, Olympics minister Hugh Robertson and London Mayor Boris Johnson are part of the delegation in Greece to receive the flame.

Also bringing it back to the UK will be young people picked from across the country - Dennis Coles from East Ayrshire, Chloe Brown from Bangor, Sean White from Swansea, Georgia Higgs, from Cornwall and Sakinah Muhammad from Hackney.

They will arrive at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall on Friday evening, where a special ceremony will be held to welcome the Olympic flame.

The 70-day, 8,000 mile London 2012 Olympic torch relay begins at Land's End, Cornwall on Saturday morning. Continue Reading