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             Olympic torch bearer returns to Westlea primary with his poster




























           Ben Fox, who hopes to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games, visited his former teachers and
           current pupils at Westlea Primary at the end of May to tell his story and show off the Olympic
           torch he carried down Royal Wootton Bassett High Street on 23 May.
             Ben, from Westlea, who was born with several organ defects and only one leg as a result of the
           rare Vater syndrome, was nominated to carry the torch as part of the Coca-Cola Future Flame relay
           by his father Andy, and was pictured on a series of huge sponsored billboards around Britain which
           featured celebrities such as Dizzie Rascal, The Wanted and Eliza Doolittle.
             The poster was held up in a whole school assembly whilst Ben talked about making his way
           past the huge crowds cheering him on, carrying the torch in one hand, using a crutch in the other
           propelling him through the air. At a couple of points he appeared to stumble and was close to
           dropping the torch, but he told the children that he had to keep stopping to pull up his tracksuit  Above left, Ben with Westlea children and his picture
           bottoms as they were falling down.                                        on  the  Coca  Cola  banner.  Above,  an  image  which
             His message to the children was: “I was in your situation in 2005 but I’ve learnt that if you really  went worldwide, Ben ‘flying’ down Royal Wootton
           want to do something, don’t let anything stop you.”                       Bassett High Street. Photo: Ben Birchall, LOCOG/
                                                                       Continued opposite  Press Association Images

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