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‘I was lost for words’ – torch-bearer Alex Loukos

Jul 30, 2012, 03:18 PM

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Alex Loukos, who aged 12 was part of the 2012 Olympic bid, on being asked to take the torch on its first leg of its journey. He talks to BBC’s Peter White about the thrill and honour of this significant closing chapter in his personal seven year odyssey, documented by White, from the bid in Singapore to the final opening of the London 2012 Games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l7pvf

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