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Retired Army veteran Melissa Stockwell performs the torch-lighting ceremony with Royal Marine Capt. Simon Maxwell to kick off the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012. The U.S. Olympic Committee hosts the sporting competition for wounded members of the armed services.

LIGHTING CEREMONY

Retired Army veteran Melissa Stockwell performs the torch-lighting ceremony with Royal Marine Capt. Simon Maxwell to kick off the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012. The U.S. Olympic Committee hosts the sporting competition for wounded members of the armed services.

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