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| Wales' medallists welcomed home | Wales' medallists welcomed home |
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| Wales is giving its returning medal winners at the Beijing Olympic Games a heroes' welcome. | |
| Ten Welsh members of Team GB are taking part in an open-top bus tour which finishes in Cardiff Bay at midday. | Ten Welsh members of Team GB are taking part in an open-top bus tour which finishes in Cardiff Bay at midday. |
| They include gold winners Nicole Cooke, Tom James and Geraint Thomas and silver medallists Tom Lucy and David Davies. | They include gold winners Nicole Cooke, Tom James and Geraint Thomas and silver medallists Tom Lucy and David Davies. |
| First Minister Rhodri Morgan said Wales must also use the celebration of Olympic success to ensure the health of the whole nation improves. | First Minister Rhodri Morgan said Wales must also use the celebration of Olympic success to ensure the health of the whole nation improves. |
| He said he had "never never imagined" over the 60 years he has been following the Olympics that Team GB would be so successful. | He said he had "never never imagined" over the 60 years he has been following the Olympics that Team GB would be so successful. |
| Mr Morgan said the Cardiff Bay celebration was marking Welsh athletes' "huge contribution to Team GB's extraordinary success". | Mr Morgan said the Cardiff Bay celebration was marking Welsh athletes' "huge contribution to Team GB's extraordinary success". |
| The first minister said they would also use the celebration as "missionary work" to emulate all the medal-winning athletes along with those who did not make it onto the platform. | The first minister said they would also use the celebration as "missionary work" to emulate all the medal-winning athletes along with those who did not make it onto the platform. |
| "We have got to get healthier and fitter and I hope those gold and silver medals will help us to do that." | "We have got to get healthier and fitter and I hope those gold and silver medals will help us to do that." |
| The athletes are being greeted by Mr Morgan at an event open to the public - people were urged to arrive at the Senedd by 1130 BST. | |
| The other Welsh athletes who are confirmed for the parade are swimmers Thomas Haffield and Jemma Lowe, hockey player Sarah Thomas, runner Christian Malcolm and triathlete Helen Tucker. | The other Welsh athletes who are confirmed for the parade are swimmers Thomas Haffield and Jemma Lowe, hockey player Sarah Thomas, runner Christian Malcolm and triathlete Helen Tucker. |
| The open-top bus is making a short tour of Cardiff Bay, starting from Stuart Street, near Techniquest. | |
| I think from Beijing we can see that we can definitely put a good team together so hopefully we can bring back even more medals Triathlete Helen Tucker | I think from Beijing we can see that we can definitely put a good team together so hopefully we can bring back even more medals Triathlete Helen Tucker |
| The Cardiff choir Only Men Aloud!, finalists in the BBC talent show Last Choir Standing next weekend, will feature at the celebration. | The Cardiff choir Only Men Aloud!, finalists in the BBC talent show Last Choir Standing next weekend, will feature at the celebration. |
| Sports minister Alun Ffred Jones and Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis- Thomas is also greeting the athletes as they arrive at the Senedd. | |
| Geraint Thomas, back home in Cardiff after winning gold in the cycling men's team pursuit, said he was "still on cloud nine" and his achievement had not sunk in. | Geraint Thomas, back home in Cardiff after winning gold in the cycling men's team pursuit, said he was "still on cloud nine" and his achievement had not sunk in. |
| The cyclist said it was great to be part of Team GB's Olympic success and he was looking forward to going down to Cardiff Bay on Tuesday and "lapping up" the atmosphere there. | The cyclist said it was great to be part of Team GB's Olympic success and he was looking forward to going down to Cardiff Bay on Tuesday and "lapping up" the atmosphere there. |
| Triathlete Helen Tucker who finished out of the medals in Beijing said there was a "great atmosphere" in the GB camp, and Nicole Cooke's early gold in the women's road race had "really inspired" her. | Triathlete Helen Tucker who finished out of the medals in Beijing said there was a "great atmosphere" in the GB camp, and Nicole Cooke's early gold in the women's road race had "really inspired" her. |
| Olympic flag | Olympic flag |
| The strong performance of Team GB in general in China has also inspired her to aim for London 2012, she added. | The strong performance of Team GB in general in China has also inspired her to aim for London 2012, she added. |
| "I think from Beijing we can see that we can definitely put a good team together so hopefully we can bring back even more medals." | "I think from Beijing we can see that we can definitely put a good team together so hopefully we can bring back even more medals." |
| The Olympic flag was hoisted at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday to signify that it will host events during the 2012 games. | The Olympic flag was hoisted at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday to signify that it will host events during the 2012 games. |
| Former Olympic 110m hurdles semi-finalist and Wales rugby international Nigel Walker joined Roger Lewis, group chief executive of the Welsh Rugby Union, in raising the flag, which will remain in place for several weeks. | Former Olympic 110m hurdles semi-finalist and Wales rugby international Nigel Walker joined Roger Lewis, group chief executive of the Welsh Rugby Union, in raising the flag, which will remain in place for several weeks. |
| The stadium will host preliminary round, quarter-final and semi-final soccer matches in the London games. | The stadium will host preliminary round, quarter-final and semi-final soccer matches in the London games. |