LONDON -- Twenty years after helping his injured son across the finish line in Barcelona, Jim Redmond was selected Tuesday to carry the Olympic flame during the torch relay for the London Games. Redmond is one of the British Olympic Associations nominated torchbearers for the 12,875-kilometre nationwide relay that starts in May and culminates with the lighting of the cauldron during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in London on July 27. Redmond created one of the most emotional moments in Olympics history in 1992 with his spontaneous act to help his crying, injured son during a semifinal of the 400 metres. With Derek Redmond hobbling badly with a torn hamstring, his father ran onto the track and virtually carried him the rest of the way. "I saw my (son) having a problem and it was my duty to help," Redmond said in an interview Tuesday, standing beneath the 1948 London Olympic flame at Wembley Stadium. "I actually went on the track to try to stop him inflicting further damage to himself. It was Dereks idea. ... He asked me to get him back in that lane and I offered him a shoulder to lean on." The moment was cited by U.S. President Barack Obama in a speech highlighting the importance of the Olympics three years ago when Chicago was bidding for the 2016 Games. "It was just a question of me getting on to help him. The world interpreted that in a different light," the elder Redmond said. "The Games had lost that sort of direction. It was all about winning, winning, winning. We changed it by showing we were taking part. ... We brought a different aspect to it without even planning it." The father hopes the roles arent reversed next summer. "We had a joke about it this morning over the phone," Redmond said. "He said they should invite me to do it and this time I will help you. I said, You are probably right. "But I am not going to break down because I intend to be the slowest person. 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Charl Schwartzel, who shared the overnight lead with Westwood, slipped to 10th in the 12-man field with a 2-over 74 at Gary Player Country Club to go to 2 under for the US$5-million invitational tournament. Chasing the $1.25-million winners prize, McDowell collected seven birdies alongside his double bogey at No. 14, with five of those birdies coming on an incident-filled back nine. He picked up shots at Nos. 10 and 11, chipped in for another birdie at No. 13, then pushed his tee shot into the left rough on No. 14. He took two strokes to get back onto the fairway after hitting a rock -- and not his ball -- with his second. He then sent his fourth into a greenside bunker and missed a six-foot bogey putt. But McDowell pulled shots back at Nos. 16 and 18 for his one stroke lead heading into the weekend. "It was a very calm and quiet front nine and a pretty exciting back nine, I guess," he said. 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No. 4-ranked Kaymer had three birdies and an eagle three on No. 10 to be one off the lead, while No. 3-ranked Westwood had four birdies and two bogeys for a 2-under 70. South Koreas Kyung-tae Kim put his approach to two feet as he birdied his first. But he bogeyed No. 2 to set the tone for an up-and-down 70 with an eagle, four birdies and four bogeys. Kim shared sixth with Englishman Simon Dyson (70). Donald birdied No. 2 with a smooth 15-foot putt, but then bogeyed Nos. 3 and 4 on his way to 1 under for the round and 3 under overall alongside Anders Hansen. Home favourite Schwartzel had an incredible save on No. 6 after pulling a tee shot into the bush. His second, crouching under a tree with a restricted backlift, found the middle of the green and he made par. But the effort failed to inspire the Masters champion, who double-bogeyed No. 8, holed his only birdie on No. 9 and dropped another shot at No. 13. Darren Clarkes back nine was even more dramatic than that of McDowell, his compatriot from Northern Ireland. Clarke reeled off six birdies, including four in a row from No. 12, but also had a bogey and two double-bogeys to go without a par in his last nine for a 3-under 69 and 1 under overall. The only player behind him was Italys Francesco Molinari, whose only high so far was an eagle three at No. 2 on Thursday. Molinari had a double-bogey, three bogeys and no birdies Friday for a 77 and a 5-over par two-round total of 149. He was six shots behind Clarke and 12 off the lead. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '