http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_lit_the_Olympic_Cauldron
Sir Steve Redgrave would be the second most decorated Olympian to light the torch should he do it, after Paavo Nurmi
I would GENUINELY love to be on the med's your on..... Sir Steve Redgrave has won more medals for team GB than anyone else. What has David Beckham done in terms of being an Olympian? And to have that hatchet faced old bag grimacing her way through the lighting would be an absolute travesty...