The Queen's Baton Relay has returned to England for the first time since being handed over at Buckingham Palace.
The baton is travelling across the British Isles on its way to Glasgow for this summer's Commonwealth Games.
Squash champion Laura Massaro and Team England cyclists Matt Crampton and Jess Varnish will welcome the baton at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester.
Valerie Zerbrokova, 17, from the British Cycling BMX Talent Team, was the first baton-bearer of the day.
She said the experience had been "amazing" and a "real honour".
The baton will also be taken to Congleton in Cheshire for an event at Congleton Park with 10,000 people.
In the afternoon, local children will join ex-England and Manchester United star Bryan Robson in a lap of the club's Old Trafford ground.
The baton will also be taken on tour of several venues used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the city.
Among those greeting the baton in Congleton will be Ann Packer, who won the 800m gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Her husband Robbie Brightwell took silver in 4x400m relay at the same games.
Organisers said the baton would be carried by a selection of local heroes, nominated for their contributions to sports, coaching, education and the community.
The baton, which has been a fixture in the build up to the Commonwealth Games since the 1958 event in Cardiff, contains a sealed, secret message written by the Queen, which she placed inside the baton on 9 October at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Since then it has been taken to the Taj Mahal, been under water in the Seychelles and taken aboard one of the last Royal Mail ships in service. It has been held by world-class athletes including Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and been up the tallest building in Gold Coast, Australia - the next host city.
The baton starts its journey to Glasgow for this year's games when it crosses the border into Scotland on 14 June, for a 40-day tour of the country.
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