Public take the London 2012 Open Weekend challenge

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Public take the London 2012 Open Weekend challenge

23 Jul 2010

Olympic Triple Jump champion, Jonathan Edwards CBE, today faced 19-year-old British table-tennis pro, Darius Knight at Tate Modern in the most challenging ping pong match ever, to launch the start of London 2012 Open Weekend, 23-25 July 2010.

Passport to Pingland Open Weekend 2010

Jonathan Edwards and Darius Knight take part in the Passport to Pingland event to launch Open Weekend 2010

With the fresh theme of ‘challenge yourself’, the Passport to Pingland table-tennis event is one of more than 900 events taking place across the UK as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Organisations have set public challenges at each of their events, creating an opportunity for everyone to set a new personal best by trying something new or taking an existing interest to the next level.

Seb Coe, London 2012 Chair, said: ‘Open Weekend will lead the nation into the two-year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Games with new personal bests being set right across the UK.

‘Open Weekend 2010 is another opportunity for thousands of people to join in with the London 2012 Games.’

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