August 2009

August 2009

Saturday 29 August is exactly three years from the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games. To mark the milestone, the London 2012 Organising Committee has announced the appointment of Chris Holmes MBE as the new Director of Paralympic Integration.

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Five times Paralympian Sir Philip Craven MBE will help mark the 25th annivesary of the 1984 Paralympic Games in Stoke Mandeville.

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ParalympicsGB is holding a Paralympic potential day on 29 September to identify talent for London 2012 and beyond.

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To celebrate three years to go until the Paralympic Games, the London 2012 Organising Committee has announced that a series of London 2012 themed stamps - including Paralympic sports - will be issued over the next three years in a licensing deal with Royal Mail.

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Good progress is being made on the new network of roads and bridges being built throughout the Olympic Park site.

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Jamaican athletes, including Olympic and World Champion Usain Bolt will use Birmingham, as a base for training ahead of the London 2012 Games.

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The London 2012 Organising Committee has appointed the London Marathon to help manage and design the Marathon for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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London 2012 and the Arts Council today announced the shortlisted ideas for 'Artists taking the lead' - a major commission for artists in the UK featuring in the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

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Chicago Bulls Basketball star Luol Deng today visited the Olympic Park to see progress on the Olympic Stadium. In just under three years he could be walking in again with Team GB during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Games.

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Women's Boxing has been added to the London 2012 programme, as the International Olympic Committee approved several new events.

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A new webcam overlooking the Velodrome has gone live, giving the public a front row view of the construction progress being made on site.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is once again opening up the Olympic Park to the public by taking part in London’s largest architectural showcase – Open House.

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Villa Park, home of Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham, will no longer be used as one of London 2012’s venues for the preliminary rounds in the Olympic football tournament.

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Building work is progressing well on the Olympic Village with construction now underway on all of the residential plots.

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The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has appointed the team to build the Cross Country course for the Equestrian Eventing competition, taking place at Greenwich Park.

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Sir Ian Johnston has been appointed as the London 2012 Organising Committee Director of Security and Resilience. He will lead on security inside at venues during the Games.

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