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Press conference with LOCOG Chairman Lord Coe, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has expressed a mixture of sadness and relief now that London has passed on the Olympics to Rio.

Mr Johnson says the games have been a ‘prodigious exertion by London’ but admitted he had a mad desire not to hand over the Olympic flag.

VIDEO: Click the play button to view clips taken from the press conference.