Queen’s Baton has visited a Birmingham 2022 venue for the first time, as it completed a four day passage through London on the final day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
A cyclist rode with the Baton around the Lee Valley Velodrome which will stage track cycling during the Commonwealth Games.
Earlier, Olympic synchro diving champion Matty Lee had carried it through the aquatics centre.
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“It’s a true honour, it is where I come every day to train so to be able to set it off from where I dive is a true privilege and I am excited to get to Birmingham and finally compete,” Lee told insidethegames.
“I’ve got to train very hard but doing things like this definitely inspires me to do well there, it’s a home Games,” he added.
Lee won Olympic gold in Tokyo with Tom Daley in 10 metres synchronised platform.
“It’s a different thing now, not to live up to that expectation but to manage it that’s the hard thing, I’ve got a really good team around me and I am mentally strong so I just use it as confidence.”