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Day 38: Olympic Flame continues its journey from Leeds to Sheffield

Today the Relay will travel 76.95 miles and will be carried by 142 Torchbearers, including young fundraiser Steven Tomlinson and Olympians Dorothy Hyman, Robert Geldard and Sebastian Coe.





The first Torchbearer of the day will be Michael Healey, 71, from Leeds, who will start at Leeds Town Hall and carry the Flame through the Live Site in Millennium Square.

During the afternoon Torchbearers will take the Olympic Flame on two very special visits, one to the National Coal Mining Museum and the other to Sheffield Children’s Hospital.  

The Relay will travel through the following communities: Leeds, Huntslet, Beeston, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Ackworth, Lundwood, Barnsley, Darton, Kexbrough, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Parson Cross and Sheffield.

Watch highlights from Day 37 of the Relay 

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