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Promises, Promises: The Olympic Legacy

London won the bid to stage the Olympics on the basis of an extraordinary promise of a lasting legacy.

With the Games less than 500 days away, leading political journalist Jon Sopel scrutinises the original pledges and asks if the legacy of the Games can really be delivered.

School sports partnerships were one of the key mechanisms to deliver the Olympic legacy promises.

But these have been hit by spending cuts.

In their place the government is promising £65m to fund a PE teacher once a week in every school to boost competitive sport.

But will this deliver the full range of benefits originally anticipated?

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