Posted by london2012 in News on 28. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Giant Olympic rings measuring 11m high by 25m have been launched onto the River Thames. The rings are travelling on a barge from London Bridge to the Thames Barrier, passing some of London’s famous landmarks. The launch of the rings, which are coloured on one side and have white LED lights on the other, marks [...]
Jessica Ennis today stated that she will not allow herself to daydream about Olympic glory in case it distracts her from the hard work needed to achieve her goal. The British heptathlete competes at the Indoor Trials and UK Championship in her home city of Sheffield this weekend, and hopes to defend her world indoor [...]
Isles of Wonder London 2012′s Olympic opening ceremony is to be called Isles of Wonder, organisers have revealed. Danny Boyle, the ceremony’s artistic director, unveiled the theme at a briefing six months ahead of the London Games. Boyle said the opening ceremony – expected to be watched by a global audience of one billion TV [...]
Posted by london2012 in News on 23. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale smashed her own British indoor record and moved to second on the all-time world list with a clearance of 4.87m in Lyon. Holly cleared 4.87m at the third attempt to win the event and assume the lead in the world rankings. Only world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has [...]
Posted by london2012 in News on 14. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
A question that often gets asked is “when is the London 2012 Olympics?”. The London 2012 Olympic Games run from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Interestingly London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948 – albeit over 60 years since the last London Games [...]
Posted by london2012 in News on 13. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment
London 2012 has said the Olympic ticket resale system should reopen next week. The resale window opened on 6 January but problems developed almost immediately as the website was slow to update sessions which had sold out and the system was closed later the same day. Personal experience showed that tickets which appeared as available [...]
Posted by london2012 in Merchandise on 12. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Records and reputations, cheats and champs, victors and venues – here’s the lowdown on the modern Olympic games, published in advance of London 2012 – read more now!
Posted by london2012 in News on 12. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
British Handball chief executive Paul Goodwin says the decision to change the name of the Olympic handball venue to the Copper Box is the wrong one. The new name is a reference to the materials used on the outside of the 7,000-seater stadium, but British Handball is starting a campaign for it to revert to [...]
Posted by london2012 in Videos on 10. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Jonathan Edwards gives us an update of the progress of all of the venues on the Olympic Park, as of January 2012.
Posted by london2012 in Videos on 10. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Actor and proud Londonner Idris Elba (star of The Wire and Luther) comes home to talk about how you can get involved in London 2012, the Olympic Torch Relay, London 2012 Festival and more.
