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BBC Olympics animation shown for first time

Watch the BBC's London 2012 animation

The BBC has unveiled an animated advert for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The UK is seen as a giant stadium with Olympic athletes preparing and competing in a range of landscapes.

Scenes include:

  • Swimmers battling it out in lanes created by buoys on a net cast by a fisherman;

  • A BMX rider preparing at the edge of a cliff;

  • Track cyclists racing around quarries;

  • Sprinters and gymnasts going through their paces on streets.

The full-length (2mins 40secs) version of the animation will be shown at 7.30pm on Tuesday 3 July on BBC One.