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What happened to seven 'promising young athletes' who lit torch at 2012 Olympics
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Seven young athletes were selected to light the torch for the 2012 Olympics in London, after being nominated by Team GB legends.They were all teenagers at the time, lighting a single tiny flame which then ignited 205 copper 'petals', one for each competing nation or territory.While they were all rising stars across several Olympic sports, not all of them have gone on to fulfil their sporting potential.One though did win a medal at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, while several have since gone into the world of full-time work.Here Daily Star Sport looks at where they are now..Chosen to light the flame by Sir Steve Redgrave, Cameron MacRitchie had been selected to race at the World Rowing
