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Peter White talks to the London youngsters who contributed to the bid to stage the 2012 Olympics.

Peter catches up with promising athlete Jessica Manning, who, at the time of London's 2012 bid, was widely thought to be a real contender for the London games. But since then she has found it hard to commit to training, following a move with her family to Canada. However, she has just been selected to take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in January 2010 and is thrilled to see how preperations there have been going.

Thomas Brown, a promising swimmer who narrowly missed out on competing in Beijing, is facing a make or break race for a place in the British swim squad. With everything resting on a selection event in Sheffield, he has to try and put his break-up with girlfriend Zaira behind him.

Leisje has left the comfort of home for a scholarship sixth-form place at a specialist boarding school, where she hopes to boost her chances in the sport she loves.