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London Olympics and Paralympics games 2012

London Olympics and Paralympics games 2012. By- Siddhant joshi. WHAT IS LONDON OYMPICS???. As the name suggests London Olympics is games that will be held by London .(:P) Now, lets get serious(>.<)

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London Olympics and Paralympics games 2012

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  1. London Olympics and Paralympics games 2012 By-Siddhantjoshi

  2. WHAT IS LONDON OYMPICS??? • As the name suggests London Olympics is games that will be held by London.(:P) • Now, lets get serious(>.<) • The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport event, celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic games, as governed by the Interntionalolympics committee (IOC), that took place in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. • The first event, the group stages in ,women’s football began two days earlier, on 25 July. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic committee participated.

  3. suggestions • Games that have been held in London • At all places make olympics– Olympics • All the sports to start with capital letter • Spelling of glimpses

  4. TICKETING • Organisers estimated that some 8 million tickets would be available for the Olympic Games,] and 1.5 million tickets for the Paralympic Games. LOCOG aimed to raise £375–£400 million in ticket sales. • There were also free events such as marathon, triathlon and road cycling, although, for the first time in Olympic history. •  Eventually, more than 7,000,000 tickets were sold.

  5. OPENING CEREMONY • The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July and called "Isles of Wonder". • Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle was its artistic director, with the music directors -Rick Smith and Karl Hyde. • The Games were officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

  6. TORCH RELAY • The Olympics torch relay ran from 19 May to 27 July 2012, before the Games. Plans for the relay were developed in 2010–11, with the torch-bearer selection process announced on 18 May 2011. •  The Olympic flame arrived on flight BA2012 on 18 May 2012 from Greece. •  The relay lasted 70 days, with 66 evening celebrations and six island visits The torch had one day outside of the United Kingdom when it visited Dublin on 6 June.

  7. Medals • Each gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the remainder copper. • The silver medal (which represents second place) is made up of 92.5% silver, with the remainder copper. • The bronze medal is made up of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin. •  The value of the materials in the gold medal is about $644, the silver about $330, and the bronze about $4.71 on the current market.

  8. SPONSORS • The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to sponsorship deals with several companies. • The worldwide partners are: Acer, Atos, Coca-Cola, Dow, General Electric, McDonald's, Omega SA, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Visa. • The companies have cumulatively provided £1.4bn of funding, allocated evenly between the IOC and LOCOG.

  9. Mascots • The official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled on 19 May 2010. • Wenlock and Mandeville are animations depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks in Bolton. • They are named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock.

  10. Financing • The revised figures were announced to the House of Commons on 15 March 2007 by Tessa Jowell. regeneration costs, the breakdown was: • Building the venues and infrastructure — £5.3 billion • Elite sport and Paralympic funding — £400 million. • Security and policing — £600 million • Regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley — £1.7 billion • Contingency fund — £2.7 billion • VAT — £800 million.

  11. FEW GLIMPES

  12. Well that’s all for today WHY SO SERIOUS?????:P:P

  13. THE END

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