Venues – Olympic Stadium
The Olympic Stadium will host the Athletics and Paralympic Athletics events at the London 2012 Games, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Key facts Sport: Athletics, Paralympic Athletics Location: In More...
Loving life on the open water
Had a great time learning how to do Paralympic Sailing . Found it tricky to make sure I was going in the right direction at first, though I did learn about moving the sail to catch the wind eventually! Thanks for More...
Buy London 2012 Olympic Gold Coins
London 2012 Gold Coins With the Olympics and Paralympics in London coming close, the whole of the UK is preparing for this premier world sporting event. To cash in on this event, manufacturers have already started More...
Basketball
At the London 2012 Games, Basketball will feature both men’s and women’s events. Both competitions will comprise 12 teams. Did you know? 600 Basketballs will be used during the competition. The original More...
Venues – Handball Arena
The Handball Arena will be the venue for Handball, Goalball and the Fencing discipline of Modern Pentathlon during the London 2012 Games. Key facts Sport: Handball, Goalball, Modern Pentathlon Location: In the More...
Watching the Olympic Games 2012: Modern Pentathlon
How it works Athletes compete against each other in fencing before a 200m swimming time trial and a 12-jump show?jumping course. The aggregated results decide the start times for the combined running and shooting More...
Search begins for 10,000 Olympic Games Ceremony performers
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has today begun a search for volunteer performers to participate in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Taking part in the London 2012 More...
28,000 nominees in the running to carry Olympic Flame
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has confirmed that a total of 28,000 Torchbearer nominations received through the London 2012 ‘Moment to shine’ campaign will go forward to the selection More...
Volleyball test event sees re-run of Beijing 2008 Olympic Final
The London 2012 Volleyball test event concluded at Earls Court today with an exciting re-run of the Beijing 2008 Olympic final between the USA and Brazil. The five-day event, a small scale version of the Olympic More...
2016 days for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games!
Rio 2016 Rio 2016 is warming up the muscles and giving the best to make the Olympic Games a memorable event 2016 days. It seems a lot, but when dealing with the preparation for the Olympic Games, it is the exact More...
Equestrian test event hailed a success
The Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational finished on a high yesterday with the jumping providing an exciting finale to the three-day competition. The event has been hailed as a success by competitors, organisers More...
London 2012 Olympic Park neighbourhood names revealed
The names of five neighbourhoods which will be built on the site of London’s Olympic Park after the 2012 Games have been revealed. The new suburbs will be called Chobham Manor, East Wick, Marshgate Wharf, More...
London 2012 Olympics: medal designs unveiled
The London 2012 Olympic medals have been unveiled in a special ceremony at Trafalgar Square as Britain starts the countdown with one year to go. The highly anticipated medals were presented by Her Royal Highness, More...