UK2012

Official and unofficial sites that offer a wide range of Olympics related stories;

Official

London 2012

London 2012 - Blog - A variety of LOCOG staff posting regularly

Vancouver 2010

Beijing 2008

Related

UK Sport - The UK’s high performance sports agency

Gamesbids.com - Active site, but focused on the Olympic bidding process

Around The Rings - Good source of independent news and information about the Olympic Movement

London 2012 Candidate City Video - Featuring numerous UK Faces with sound track from Heather Small

Athens 2004 Olympics Opening Ceremony Photos - Construction and rehearsals

News Organisations

BBC - London 2012 - Sports

BBC - London 2012 - General News

Guardian Online - Olympics and the Media

Guardian Online - London 2012

On May 15th 2003, Tessa Jowell addressed the UK Commons and officially announced the Governments backing of Londons bid as host city for the 2012 Olympics.

The other bid cities were Paris, Moscow, New York and Madrid.

It was widely believed during this time, that Paris was the firm favourite to win.

On July 6th 2005, the IOC announced that London had won the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games.

We are very excited and proud that the Olympics will be held in London in 2012.

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