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'Baby Blade Runner' Rio Woolf met the former England captain at the Invictus Games in Sydney
‘Baby Blade Runner’ Rio Woolf met his footballing hero David Beckham when the two met in Sydney at the Invictus Games.
The 10-year-old joint-winner of Jewish News’ Night of Heroes young community award said: “It was an amazing Games – very inspiring – and my dream came true when I met David!
“He was really nice, asking: ‘How are you mate?’ I’m very lucky because I noticed he didn’t stop for many other fans photos!”
The fourth Invictus Games Rio’s attended – having previously been to London 2014, Orlando 2016, Toronto 2017, he was also hoping to meet Prince Harry for a fourth time, but amid heightened security, alongside Meghan, was only able to call his name in vain and video/take photos from a distance.
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