60 schools and colleges from across the UK have visited the London 2012 Olympic Park after winning the opportunity in a prize draw. The prize draw was a reward for joining the London 2012 Get Set network, which is made up of schools across the UK that have demonstrated a commitment to the Olympic and [...]
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), today visited Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China to celebrate the promotion of UK and London at the world’s biggest Expo event.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) have agreed that Wembley Arena in north London will be the location for Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Olympic Games in 2012. Detailed plans for the venue will now be [...]
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced that the Olympic Flame will arrive in the UK on Friday 18 May 2012 and will travel around the UK for 70 days, arriving in London the weekend before the 2012 Games begin.
Official London 2012 Mascots
Wenlock and Mandeville are animations depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks in Bolton.[57] They have only one eye each which symbolises the Eye of Providence. They are named Wenlock, after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock, which held a forerunner of the current Olympic Games, and Stoke Mandeville, a town [...]
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced that Mondo has become a Tier Three supplier to London 2012. Mondo becomes the Official Supplier of Sports Flooring and Equipment.
Construction work at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing venue at Eton Dorney Lake is completed on time and on budget.
Four-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius praises the record crowds at the World Cup in Manchester.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is pleased to confirm ArcelorMittal as a Tier Two sponsor of London 2012 and Official Steel Supporter of the Games. The deal follows confirmation that ArcelorMittal will fund the construction of a 115m-high visitor attraction in the Olympic Park in time for the [...]
Oscar Pistorius is aiming to be the first athlete to compete at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games when they are held in London in 2012, he told The Times this week.