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Photos of the week: Underworld's moment to shine!

Harley, LOCOG Communications team09 December 2011

Here's a look at what has been happening at London 2012 this week...We announced that British electronic music pioneers Underworld have been appointed Music Directors for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The appointment completes the

Also this week we began to make conditional offers to inspiring people to carry the Olympic Flame during next summer's 70-day Olympic Torch Relay.

6,800 people are now one step closer to becoming a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer and having their moment to shine. In this image we see some of the potential Torchbearers alongside the Olympic Torch.

Test events have also continued, and here we seeNatasha Jonas of Great Britain in action at ExCeL during her women's Light Welter Weight Boxing match against Anastasia Belyakova of Russia.