Steve Redgrave for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, carrying the torch into the stadium, where seven young athletes shared the task of lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. In August 2014, Redgrave was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. He married Ann Callaway (now Ann, Lady Redgrave) in 1988; an accomplished rower in her own right, she represented Great Britain in the women's eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and
China at the Olympics table tennis, China again won all four golds in table tennis. Chen Zhong won China's first taekwondo gold medal in "women's +67kg". Jiang Cuihua won bronze in "women's track time trial", China's first medal in cycling. No ball-games team entered the final four, the worst performance China's since Olympic history. China won 32 golds and ranked 2nd at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece. Liu Xiang became the first Chinese male athlete to win gold medal in an Olympic track event, "110 m hurdles", equaling the world record of 12.91 seconds. He became the China's flag bearer at the