On the eve of 200 days to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) have announced the completion of Eton Manor on the Olympic Park, the venue for Wheelchair Tennis during the Paralympic Games.
The first orientation training event for 10,000 London 2012 Games Maker volunteers and Games time employees took place this morning at Wembley Arena in London. The event was the first of six national orientation events on 4th, 5th and 18th February which will form the biggest London 2012 events outside of the Games this year.
Businesses wanting to trade or advertise near London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic venues have been given an extra month in which they can apply for permission.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced the first details of the lighting of the Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Olympic Games on 10 May, and its arrival into the UK on 18 May. The Flame will travel around the UK for 70 days on the Olympic Torch Relay from 19 May to 27 July, presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced that London 2012’s ground-breaking legacy programme, International Inspiration, has kept its promise to reach 12 million children in 20 countries around the world.
Olympic Gold medallists Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will head up a world class field for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup presented by Samsung, taking place from 16-19 February 2012 at the Velodrome in the Olympic Park which doubles up as a London 2012 test event.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has confirmed that approximately 20% of hotel room nights it had reserved in London will be returned to the hotels.
To mark 6 months to go to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have today announced that the under 16s Volunteer Performer Cast for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be selected from schools in the six Host Boroughs that are in the ‘Get Set network’, the official London 2012 education programme, and incorporating the Olympic and Paralympic Values into their curriculum.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will hand over the Olympic Village site to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today (Friday 27 January). The handover of the Village, on time, marks the start of the huge process to fit-out the new apartments and Village site ready to welcome athletes and officials from around the world in six months’ time.
An artist working on the Olympic Park has paid tribute to the workers building the London 2012 Games by recreating his own version of an iconic painting by French post-impressionist Georges Seurat.
