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THE OLYMPICS IN 2012

THE OLYMPICS IN 2012. Kadi-Mari Ainsalu Juhan Liivi nimeline Alatskivi Keskkool. Olympic games. The city of London will host the Olympic Games in 2012 Opening date is 27 July 2012 Closing date is 12 August 2012 London was cho sen from 5 candidate cities

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THE OLYMPICS IN 2012

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  1. THE OLYMPICS IN 2012 Kadi-Mari Ainsalu Juhan Liivi nimeline Alatskivi Keskkool

  2. Olympic games • The city of London will host the Olympic Games in 2012 • Opening date is 27 July 2012 • Closing date is 12 August 2012 • London was chosen from 5 candidate cities • London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times.

  3. Olympic Park • Olympic park is situated in east London • The Park is located in the Lower Lea Valley • After the Games the area will be transformed into the largest urban park created in Europe • There are four main venues – the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velodrome and BMX Circuit • Plus the Hockey, Handball and Basketball arenas

  4. Olympic Stadium • The Olympic Stadium will be on an island site surrounded on three sides by waterways • The Olympic Stadium will be at the heart of the London Olympic and Paralympics Games • All Athletics events will take place in the Stadium as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies • After the Games, the Stadium will be transformed into a 25,000 capacity venue that will host a variety of sporting, educational, cultural and community events

  5. Aquatics Centre • Located in the south east corner of the Olympic Park • It will include a 50m and 25m competition pools and a 50m warm-up training pool • The Aquatics Centre will host events including Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Diving, Water Polo finals and the aquatics discipline of the Modern Pentathlon • After the Games The Aquatics Centre will be transformed into a facility for both community and elite use

  6. Velodrome • The VeloPark will be built in the north of the Olympic Park and is made up of a Velodrome and BMX Circuit • Velodrome will host the indoor Olympic and Paralympics Cycling events • After the Games, a Road Cycle circuit and Mountain Bike course will be added to the Velodrome and BMX Circuit to create a VeloPark for the local community, local clubs and elite athletes

  7. Ceremonies • The Torch Relay will bring the spirit of the Games to the whole of the UK in the months leading up to the Opening Ceremony • The Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Games are always something to remember • Each Olympic and Paralympic team will be welcomed to London as they arrive at the Olympic Village • During these Team Welcome Ceremonies, they are greeted and their national flag is raised on arrival to join the other flags • Athletes will be awarded medals and honoured for their achievements during Victory Ceremonies across the Olympic Venues

  8. Olympic logo • There have been two London 2012 logos • The logo is available in a number of colours • This will be the first time that the same essential logo is to be used for both the Olympic and Paralympics games • The logo is the first in Olympic history to be able to use a variety of colours: the standard colours are green, magenta, orange and blue • Sponsors can personalise logos in their corporate colours

  9. Sports • Summer Olympic programme features 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines • Paralympics Games programme has 20 sports and 21 disciplines • Women's boxing, which was not included in Beijing, is again being considered for inclusion • Boxing is the only Summer Olympic sport that does not include events for women • Netball is being drafted as a possible demonstration sport at the 2012 games

  10. Olympic heritage: Olympic Games in 1908 • The 1908 Summer Olympics were the fourth modern Olympic Games and the third to be hosted outside of Athens • In 1908, London stood as Host City in for Rome after an eruption of Mount Vesuvius • The Olympic Stadium was built especially for the Olympic Games • Athletes paraded under their national flags at a ceremony at the start of the Games • The Marathon was fixed at 42.195km • New official Marathon distance from the 1924 Games onwards. • 22 nations (2,008 athletes - 37 women, 1,971 men) competed in 110 different events between 27 April 1908 and 31 October 1908 • The British team easily topped the unofficial medal count, finishing with three times as many medals as the second-place United States

  11. Olympic heritage: Olympic Games in 1948 • The 1948 Summer Olympics were the first to be held after World War II • London again stepped in at the last minute to host the first Games after World War II • Olympic Games were first shown on home television • Starting blocks were added for Sprint races • Volunteer Programme was created to help run the Games • 59 nations (4,104 athletes - 390 women, 3,714 men) competed in 136 different events between 29 July 1948 and 14 August 1948 • Showing a collective unity after the war, Germany and Japan had not been invited due to security reasons • The British athletes did not have a high medal count, finishing 12th in the unofficial medal count with only 23 medals

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