There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (00:24–00:38) 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

lighting of london 2012 olympic cauldron



thomas heatherwick s olympic cauldron after being lit

this section named after song smiths. motorboat driven david beckham arrived olympic flame via limehouse cut , lee navigation. steve redgrave lit torch on boat, , carried stadium through honour guard of 500 of construction workers had built olympic park. passed flame on team of 7 young people, each nominated famous british olympian convey games aim inspire generation . 6 of team athletes, , seventh volunteer young ambassador.

the teenagers made lap of stadium, each carrying torch in turn, while alex trimble, lead singer of 2 door cinema club, performed caliban s dream dockhead choir, men aloud, elizabeth roberts, , esme smith. had been written ceremony rick smith of underworld.

each young athlete greeted nominating olympian (watched 260 british medallists previous summer , winter games since london 1948) , presented own torch, lit flame. jogged through corridor between assembled athletes centre of stadium, 204 copper petals (each inscribed name of team accompanied during parade) seen in circular formation attached long pipes (the petals accompany each team home after competition, souvenir). young athletes lit of petals, , when flame had spread of them, pipes rose floor of stadium , converged form cauldron. cauldron lighters (nominator in brackets):

callum airlie (shirley robertson)
jordan duckitt (duncan goodhew)
desiree henry (daley thompson)
katie kirk (mary peters)
cameron macritchie (steve redgrave)
aidan reynolds (lynn davies)
adelle tracey (kelly holmes)

the cauldron designed thomas heatherwick described 1 of best-kept secrets of opening ceremony : until point, design, location, , light had not been revealed.