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Olympic torch route, day 67: wheelchair athlete misses out – and wonders why

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 (on July 24, 2012)
guardian.co.uk
Twenty of the 24 Kingston torchbearers will be from outside the borough, claim writers looking at corporate involvement

While others flock to watch the Olympic torch being carried through Kingston..


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