LEE MERRIEN has received the perfect birthday present and will become an Olympian this summer after being selected for Team GB’s marathon trio for London 2012.

It’s been announced that Guernsey marathon runner Lee Merrien has been given a place in the British Olympics squad.

EIGHT days and counting. Next Sunday morning will be the two most important hours of runner Lee Merrien’s life.

The London 2012 Organising Committee today confirmed some of the torchbearers and the Olympic Torch relay route.

HER dreams of competing in the Olympic Games team table tennis event have gone for another four years for Alice Loveridge.

THE eventual champion ended Alice Loveridge’s fine run at the Portuguese Open at the weekend.

SIR MATTHEW PINSENT and Olympic trampoline hopeful Kat Driscoll had a whistlestop tour of Guernsey yesterday as they visited two schools.

TOM DRUCE has one last crack at breaking the 46sec. barrier for 400m this track and field campaign when he takes his spikes to Sweden on Saturday week.

OLYMPIC hopeful Alice Loveridge is encouraging islanders to nominate unsung heroes in Guernsey to carry the Olympic torch.

EXCITEMENT among islanders is growing following the announcement that the Olympic torch will be passing through Guernsey on the way to the London 2012 Games.