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Hoy: Leading the parade with the rest of the cycling team
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Thousands are expected to line the streets of London on Thursday to cheer Britain's Olympic heroes on their victory parade through the capital.
Up to 500 stars, including Olympic gold medallists like sprinter Christine Ohuruogu, cyclist Rebecca Romero and 13-year-old double Paralympic champion swimmer Eleanor Simmonds, are expected to take part.
Team GB's all-conquering cyclists will be leading the parade.
Triple Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy will be joined by fellow Olympic gold medallists Nicole Cooke, Victoria Pendleton and Romero alongside Paralympic champions Sarah and Barney Storey, Rachel Morris and Simon Richardson, among others, on the first float.
Rowers, who between them have can boast no fewer than 22 Olympic medals, are on the next float.
Hoy said: "The parade is the big one. We are all looking forward to it. Hopefully the weather will hold."
Thousands of well-wishers are expected to flock to the city, where the parade will begin in front of the Mansion House at 11am.
Landmarks
The athletes, who will be packed on to 12 floats, will pass several landmarks during the parade.
They will travel down Queen Victoria Street and past St Paul's Cathedral. arriving in Trafalgar Square at about 12.30pm.
Team GB won 19 golds at the Beijing Olympics to finish fourth in the medal table with a haul of 47 medals.
Britain also boasts its most successful Paralympics team in two decades. ParalympicsGB won 102 medals, including 42 golds, to finish second in the medals table behind the host nation.
British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan said: "It is great that the Olympians and Paralympians can celebrate their greatest results in modern Olympic history."
Phil Lane, chief executive of ParalympicsGB, said: "The ParalympicsGB team had some fantastic performances across the sports at the Beijing Games so it's a fitting tribute that their achievements will be celebrated, alongside those of Britain's Olympians, in this parade."
