The sportsmen are training at Bradford College
Olympians from Nigeria, India, Tanzania and Vietnam are currently preparing for the London Games at a training camp in Bradford.
Bradford College lent their facilities to athletes including boxers, gymnasts and swimmers.
The athletes were met on Friday by Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Dale Smith, former Sports Minister and Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe, schoolchildren, and Manningham Olympic torch-bearer Khalil Hussain.
Smith said, ?It?s such a thrill to see all the schoolchildren who have come to see these fabulous athletes at the top of their trade, as it were, and on the way to the Olympics. It?s giving everybody in Bradford a legacy of the Olympics. The children are getting such a lot of benefit from seeing these stars.?
Hussain said youngsters at the school had been enjoying learning to box.
?It?s something they?ve taken to. For them to come here and see how it works, it doesn?t get much better, and for them to meet some of the athletes, it just fits really nicely,? he said.
Also speaking, Sutcliffe said he hoped the presence of the athletes would inspire the youngsters who attended yesterday?s event.
?It shows the benefit of having training camps around the country.?
Ijeoma Egbunine, one of the Nigerian boxing squad coaches, said she thought the training grounds were beautiful.
?We?ve had a few challenges with the weather but we?re getting used to it. At the college, the people are nice, they are efficient. I would recommend anyone to come here,? she said.
