:08:44
- When did you get to know?
- Did you not read the papers this morning?
:08:48
The heats for the 100 are on
the Sunday after the opening ceremony,
:08:52
the semis and final a couple of days after.
:08:55
It's only a heat.
:08:58
Does it make all that difference?
:09:04
Yeah.
:09:06
Yeah, it does.
:09:13
And strong though the temptation may be
:09:16
to disport your newly acquired finery
around the streets of Paris -
:09:21
if they aren't temptation enough -
:09:24
may I ask you on behalf
of the Olympic Commitee
:09:27
to save your sartorial splendour
:09:30
until at least after the opening ceremony.
:09:32
May I remind you,
:09:34
you are the favoured few.
:09:37
You constitute what is without doubt
:09:39
the most powerful athletic force
ever to leave these shores.
:09:43
You are to face the world's best -
:09:46
brown and yellow, white and black,
:09:48
young and ardent as yourselves,
:09:50
fleet of foot and strong of limb,
:09:53
from every civilised nation
on the face of the earth.
:09:58
I have no doubt