We are ensuring we have everything in place to capitalise after the Games, with first-class community sport on offer across the country that will encourage young people inspired by London 2012 to pursue a sporting habit for life.

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"No project received a larger investment from our Olympic and Paralympic legacy fund and I'm confident this facility will be a source of pride for the region where local people will be inspired to develop a sporting habit for life, " he said.

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There's nothing like adding a Muppet character to a sporting event to hook a young fan for life.

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And so that day at the track, I was watching a whole sporting way of life come to an end.

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Kuske actually started his sporting life as a track and field athlete of some note, claiming a bronze in Germany's 4x100m relay squad at the 1998 world junior championships in Annecy in France.

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"One of the great ironies of sporting life is that John took a sabbatical for a few weeks and now he's in to mind Cian!"

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