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London 2012 Olympic torch relay: day 52 - in pictures

Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Lewis Hamilton holds up the flame before his relay leg through Luton Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Kieran Jays carries the flame on the leg between Luton and Dunstable Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Jacqueline Dowsing carries the flame on the leg between Luton and Dunstable Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Gail Emms carries the flame on the leg between Milton Keynes and Bletchley Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Lauren Badger carries the flame on the leg between Milton Keynes and Bletchley Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Young spectators holding homemade torches in Dunstable Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Anabell Gardoqui carries the flame on the leg between Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Gerardo Torrado clicks his heels as he carries the flame on the leg between Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville
Photograph: Locog via Getty Images
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Gemma Collis carries the flame around the running track of Stoke Mandeville Stadium Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
The British prime minister, David Cameron, with his nominated torchbearer Clive Stone MBE in Woodstock, West Oxfordshire Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Clive Stone MBE carries the flame on the leg between Bicester and Woodstock Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Olympic torch day 52: Olympic torch day 52
Malcolm Fretter carries the flame on the leg through Oxford Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
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