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Photos of the week: on track and on target
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Find out what's been going on at London 2012 this week.   This week saw the London Prepares series, the official London 2012 sports testing programme, continue with the Archery test event taking place at Lord's Cricket Ground. Two world records were broke

British Archer Amy Oliver at Lords

Team GB archer Amy Oliver, pictured above, was part of a strong Great British team that also included five-time Olympian Alison Williamson.

   

Seb Coe taking the first lap in the Olympic Stadium

The Olympic Park reached another milestone as the athletics track in the Olympic Stadium was unveiled, giving the world a glimpse of how it will look during the 2012 Games. London 2012 Organising Committee Chairman Seb Coe and IAAF World Championship silver medallist Hannah England ran the first lap of the completed track.

 

Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville in the Olympic Stadium

Olympic and Paralympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville, also helped celebrate the unveiling of the track in the Olympic Stadium. Here they are photographed with local schoolchildren who raced alongside some of Britain's best athletes on the brand new track.

That's all for this week folks, enjoy your weekend whatever you do, see you next week.


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