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Nigel Levine: "The crowd is fantastic"

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Team GB's 400m runner Nigel Levine praises the crowd inside London's Olympic Stadium.

Great Britain's 400m runner Nigel Levine has paid tribute to the crowd inside the Olympic Stadium this afternoon.

The 23-year-old received a loud reception from his home support prior to his opening race of the Games.

Having gone on to qualify for the semi-finals, Levine took the opportunity to thank the supporters.

"It was all right. I just had to make sure I qualified and now it's on to tomorrow," he told BBC Sport. "The crowd is fantastic and I just had to try to not get into it too much so I could concentrate on what I needed to do."

Levine is competing in his first ever Olympics.

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