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Betting refunds

ONE of Britain's leading bookmakers has refunded all the bets they'd taken on who would light the Olympic cauldron after the honor was given to seven young athletes. Traditionally, the flame is lit by a significant Olympic figure from the host country and Britain's five-times rowing gold medallist Steve Redgrave had been strongly favored to carry out the task at the opening ceremony. But although Redgrave took the torch into the Olympic Stadium, he then helped pass it on to the seven junior sportsmen and women who lit the cauldron.



 

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