The first relay runner to take the flame was Greece's Liverpool-born open water swimming champion Spyros Gianniotis.

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To save energy, Jonathan didn't run in the 4x400m relay semi-final but was the last runner in the final on Sunday, in which the Belgian team won bronze.

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This year, he and Mr. Cruz were part of a team that won the Palm 100, a six-runner, 100-mile, team relay from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach, Fla.

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He is respected both as an individual 400m runner and a key team member of the 4 x 400m relay.

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Modestly claiming to be "not a bad 400m runner for a heptathlete", Sotherton is now focused on breaking her way into Team GB's relay squad for next year's World Championships in South Korea and the London Olympics a year after.

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