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Tom Bosworth is a British race walker who holds three British Records. He is currently ranked 1st overall in the UK for 20 km. He is the British record holder for the 10k race walk, 39:36, set in 2015 along with the 5,000m race walk, 19:16, set in 2014. Tom was selected to carry the Olympic Torch through Potternewton, Leeds. He competed for Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships, is set to feature at the Rio Olympics and is the first athlete on the team to come out as gay.

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