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🗓️ 1 August 2012
⏱️ 88 minutes
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The London 2012 Olympic Games are in town! We preview the women's Olympic Marathon this Sunday! Paula Radcliffe injury woes as world record holder withdraws from the marathon. Freya Murray steps in. We speak to Team GB marathon runners, Scott Overall, Freya Murray, Lee Merrien and Claire Hallisey ahead of the Games. The Magic Mile hots up and Tony brings us his weekly trials.
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0:00.0 | It's Wednesday the 1st of August 2012. I'm Martin to do. |
0:23.0 | So, So, I'm going to do. On this week's show the London 2012 Olympic Games are in town. |
0:50.4 | We preview the Women's Olympic Marathon this coming Sunday. |
0:53.0 | Paula Radcliffe's injury woes as world record holder withdraws from the marathon. |
0:58.0 | Freya Murray steps in. |
1:00.0 | We speak to Team G.B marathon as Scott Overall, Lee Marion, Claire Hallacy and Freya Murray ahead of the games. |
1:06.4 | The Magic Mile hots up and Tony brings us his weekly trials. |
1:10.4 | Tom, what have you been doing? |
1:12.3 | Well I've been Olympic King most of the Well, I've been olimbicking most of the time. |
1:14.0 | I've been checking out pretty much all the action where possible having it on in the background. |
1:18.0 | I've also been watching the Olympic ceremony, the opening ceremony, which I thought was fantastic. |
1:22.0 | I think Danny Boyle did a brilliant job. |
1:24.0 | The whole country was looking at him and you know just wondering what was going to |
1:30.9 | happen and I thought it was fantastic and the seven junior athletes lighting the flame at the end was just |
1:35.7 | Awesome. I've also been watching you in the pool you speedos on |
1:39.0 | I didn't have my budgie smugglers on under my jeans maybe I should have done it was stunning. I've actually been watching the Olympics too. I did watch the the opening ceremony I love the bit with the Queen |
1:51.0 | jumping out of the helicopter I wonder if she really did that. I think, you know, my |
1:55.4 | thoughts on that are that people looking around the world must have thought, hey, this is slightly |
1:59.8 | quirky. You know, Britain really is a slightly quirky place to be. |
2:05.0 | With all these beds and that stories of NHS and industrial revolutions and royalty jumping out helicopters, |
2:11.0 | it makes you smile to be to be British but I wonder what |
2:14.8 | some of the rest of the world thought but you're right I was at Olympic Park |
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