“When Sebastian Coe presented London’s bid for the Games to the IOC in 2005 he was flanked on the stage by 30 East End youngsters who represented the rich cultural diversity of their community.” The BBC interviewed one, and asked why he was selected. He said that actually he wasn’t selected at first – his friend was selected, but they only had uniforms in a narrow range of sizes, and his friend’s feet were too big.

(The feet quote is near the beginning of the audio, the other quote is from the program synopsis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gg7cj#synopsis)

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