Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Catch 2012 London Olympics Events

LOCOG, the London 2012 organisers have disclosed programme of top-class sport in venues mainly used for Olympics Games. Some of the action packed athletes should be Tom Daley, Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Adlington.



From 17th November, you can buy tickets for International Gymnastics Olympic Qualifier, Track cycling World cup Classic and Diving World cup. On the other hand, British Swimming Championship tickets and Table Tennis Grand Finale tickets are also sold through national governing bodies.

To some of the selected schools, colleges, local residents and national governing bodies, tickets of archery, handball and Paralympic sport of goalball would be distributed. For the first time, three of the game venues will be used in Olympic Park. They are Velodrome, Aquatics Centre and Handball Arena.

Some of the other game venues to be used in event are ExCel, North Greenwich Arena and Lord’s. Paul Deighton, LOCOG Chief Executive said, “After completing 18 very successful Olympic test events this summer, it is with great anticipation we start the next round of test events in the London Prepares series.”

Esther Nicholls, UK Sport’s head of major events stated, “UK Sport is thrilled to be supporting the cycling and diving test events. These events are set to give more of our athletes a taste of what is to come in less than 12 months time at the Olympics and Paralympics."

He further added, “Following the great success of the first test events, where we saw some incredible performances in iconic venues across London, we are looking forward to hosting more world-class events on home soil.”

Till date, test events are being mainly held in varied range of Olympic sports, such as beach volleyball, basketball, mountain biking and equestrianism.

From 27th July 2012, Olympic Games will start, whereas Paralympics will commence on 29th August.

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