the achievements of a very special group of young people. i presented the awards when they first began back in 2007. since then, hundreds of young people have been recognised for the amazing work they do. each year, rotary clubs across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards. the eventual winners for 2017 are with me on stage, so let s find out more about them. 0urfirst award goes to teenager abbey booker. abbey is in care but works tirelessly and selflessly to ensure other children have the best experience that they can. she spends her time volunteering, helping out with a number of schemes, and tries to change the way adults deal with young people in care. she was nominated for the award by the rotary clubs of doncaster and doncaster st leger. this is her story. hi. may i have two cadbury s cream eggs? yeah. have you signed in yet? my name is abbey. i m 15 and i m from doncaster. i ve been in care forfour years. i remember the first few years was a major stru
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The world record holder, and unofficially ran the marathon in less than two hours in 2019. kipchoge said he was really glad the olympics had gone ahead, as it was a sign of hope that life s getting back on track, after what s been an incredibly tough year for all. there is much more reaction to all of that over on the bbc sport website. i will be back with you in an hour but, for now, back to you in the studio. in becoming britain s most decorated olympian, jason kenny has surpassed his friend sir chris hoy s medal haul. sir chris hoy has been speaking to nesta mcgregor about the achievement. yeah, well it seems like a lifetime ago but, yeah, sitting up at two o clock til five o clock watching the track session. and i think everybody, including myself we expected laura kenny to be the bankerfor the myself we expected laura kenny to be the banker for the gold myself we expected laura kenny to be the bankerfor the gold medal and
Been speaking to nesta mcgregor about jason kenny s achievement. it seems like a lifetime ago, sitting up watching the track session and i think everyone including myself we expected laura kenny to be the banker for the gold medal and jason had an outside chance and it was the opposite. laura had a bit of a nightmare in the first race of the omnium with the first race of the omnium with the crash that was not her fault and then a small mistake in the elimination race and then she was out of the running. she was disappointed and we and her were expecting more but it was made up by the truly spectacular performance from jason kenny. absolutely incredible, i have never seen a kieren final like it before, particularly at world level for someone like jason to be able to launch from the front of the bunch and have no reaction from the rest of the guys. we were standing open
Sir chris hoy s medal haul. chris hoy who has been working as a bbc pundit during the games has been speaking to nesta mcgregor about jason kenny s achievement. yeah, well it seems like a lifetime ago, but, yeah, sitting up at two o clock til five o clock watching the track session. and i think everybody, including myself, we expected laura kenny to be the banker for the gold medal and jason had an outside chance and it was the complete opposite. laura and a bit of a nightmare in the first race of the omnium with a crash that wasn t her fault, and then a small mistake in the elimination race and she was out of the running for the points race at the end. so, she was disappointed about that. we were expecting more, she was expecting more, but i think it was made by the truly spectacular performance from jason kenny. absolutely incredible. i ve never seen a keirin final like it at any level before, you know, particularly at world level. for somebody like jason to be able to just launc