2012 OLYMPICS! LONDON CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES IN 2012!
In the summer of 2012, the London and the United Kingdom, UK, will come alive with the Olympic and Paralympic Games!
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to take place in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948!
The logo for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled in a star-studded ceremony in London in June 2007. The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games. The word London and the Olympic rings are included in the first two digits of the new logo.
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games will use a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. Some of the new facilities will be reused in their Olympic form, while others, including the 80,000 seat main stadium, will be reduced in size and several will be relocated elsewhere in the UK. The plans are part of the regeneration of Stratford in east London which will be the site of the Olympic Park, and of the neighbouring Lower Lea Valley.
Organizers estimate that some 7.7 million tickets would be available for the Olympic Games and 1.5 million tickets for the Paralympic Games. They will be going on sale in 2011; with at least 50% of these priced under £20. To reduce traffic, ticketholders would be entitled to free use of London’s public transportation network on the day of the event. It is estimated that 82% of available Olympic tickets and 63% of Paralympics tickets will be sold. There will also be free events: for example, the marathon, triathlon and road cycling.
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