Young athletes carried the Olympic flame around the stadium, a symbol of the Games’ legacy, and then the sporting prospects lit the petals.
　　在刚刚结束的伦敦奥运会开幕式上，七位年轻的运动员们手持奥运圣火围绕体育馆奔跑，随后，这些未来的体育栋梁点燃了花瓣式的主火炬。
　　Callum Airlie, 17, was nominated by gold medal-winning sailor Shirley Robertson. He has been sailing since the age of four, and is a two-time Optimist UK national champion who aims to be entered into the 2013 ISAF (International Sailing Association & Federation) Open.
　　17岁的卡勒姆·埃尔利耶由英国帆船比赛金牌获得者雪莉·罗伯特森推荐，卡姆勒从4岁起参加帆船运动，曾两次获得英国乐观者型帆船比赛（一种适合6-15岁青少年的帆船运动）冠军，并被看好进入2013国际帆船联合会公开赛。
　　Jordan Duckitt, 18, was chairman of the London 2012 Young Ambassador Steering Group for two years, and was nominated by Duncan Goodhew.
　　乔丹·杜克吉特今年18岁，曾两年伦敦2012青少年大使指导小组主席，他经由邓肯·古德休推荐。
　　Athletics talent Desiree Henry was put forward by Daley Thomson. The 16-year-old was the youngest member of the Great Britain youth team to gain a world 200m title at the IAAF World Youth Championships in 2011, and competes this year at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona.
　　运动天才底西瑞·亨利由戴利·汤姆森推荐。这位英国国青队最年轻的16岁成员在2011年国际田联世界少年田径锦标赛200米短跑上获得冠军，并将于今年征战巴塞罗那世界青年锦标赛。
　　Runner Katie Kirk was nominated by Dame Mary Peters, who won gold in the women’s Pentathlon at the 1972 Munich games.
　　跑步运动员凯蒂·凯尔克由女勋爵玛丽·彼得斯推荐，后者在1972年慕尼黑奥运会上曾夺得女子五项全能冠军。
　　Katie, 18, was selected to run at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, in the 400m and 4x400m relay. She was also part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4x400m relay at the European Junior championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
　　18岁的凯蒂曾被选拔参加在印度新德里举办的英联邦运动会，当时参加的项目是400米短跑和4×400接力。她也曾是在爱沙尼亚塔林举办的欧洲青年锦标赛上获得4×400接力冠军的英国队一员。
　　Sir Steve nominated young rower Cameron MacRitchie, 19. The teenager finished fifth with his partner James Edwards in the men’s pair at the 2012 GB rowing team under 23 trials in April. He was selected in the men’s eight to race at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Lithuania.
　　史蒂夫·雷德格雷夫推荐的则是19岁的卡梅伦·马克里奇。在今年4月的一场比赛中，代表英国队的卡梅伦和他的队友詹姆斯·爱德华兹在男子双人赛艇比赛中去的第五名的成绩。他曾夺得在立陶宛举办的23岁以下世界赛艇锦标赛男子第八名。
　　Aidan Reynolds, 18, was put forward by Lynn Davies, who captained Team GB at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984. Aidan gave up a promising basketball career to focus on the javelin, winning three medals at national level at the English Schools, UK School Games and English Championships.
　　18岁的艾丹·雷诺尔德斯由曾在1980年莫斯科奥运会和1984洛杉矶奥运会上领军英国的林恩·戴维斯提名，艾丹放弃了篮球事业，转而投向标枪，并曾获得三枚奖牌。
　　Adelle Tracey was nominated by Dame Kelly Holmes. The 19-year-old has collected county, regional and national junior and senior titles in 400m and 800m, and has been in the top five UK rankings for the last six years. She won 800m silver for Great Britain in the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland.
　　阿德勒·特蕾西由凯利·霍尔姆斯推荐，这位19岁的田径运动员已经摘得过乡郡、地区及国家级青少年400米及800米中短跑比赛奖牌，并在过去六年间一直排名英国前五名。她也在芬兰举行的欧洲青年奥林匹克节上为英国摘得一枚800米跑银牌。
　　快讯：在刚刚结束的伦敦奥运会开幕式上，七位年轻的运动员们手持奥运圣火围绕体育馆奔跑，随后，这些未来的体育栋梁点燃了花瓣式的主火炬。他们的选拔，全由7位“英国奥运英雄”提名得出。其中包括最辉煌的奥运选手，五届赛艇奥运冠军史蒂夫·雷德格雷夫；雅典奥运会两枚金牌得主霍姆斯；两枚奥运帆船金牌得主罗伯特森；蛙泳名将古德休；五项全能传奇选手彼得斯女勋爵；威尔士首枚奥运金牌得主戴维斯；以及英国"田径王子"汤普森。他们每人提名一位年轻人，来完成这一历史使命。
　　这7名年轻火炬手与开幕式、伦敦奥运主题，完美恰当融合，恰好地体现了伦敦奥运会“激励一代人”的口号。