Velodrome First New Stadium Open

The first stadium to be used at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has opened in London’s Olympic Park. The £94m velodrome took just under two years to build and can hold six thousand spectators. It took a team of specialist carpenters eight weeks to fit the 56km timber track and was fixed into place [...]

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Get Set For Olympics

Get Set is an educational programme set up by the London 2012 Olympic Committee. It provides educators with materials and resources which will enable them to teach 3 – 19 year olds about the historic event. The programme aims to involve as many young people as possible in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games [...]

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Olympic Stadium Row Continues

The building work hasn’t been completed yet but already there are rows over what will happen to the Olympic Stadium once the London games are over in 2012. Two football clubs, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham, have both placed bids in an attempt to call the stadium home. But this hasn’t come without controversy. Both [...]

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Olympics Not Just For Sport

With the 2012 Olympics just around the corner, the UK is gearing up for one of the most spectacular events in the sporting calendar. But former Olympian, David Moorcroft, who is now the Chair of the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 games, is keen to stress that the Olympics are not just for [...]

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