UK Olympic.com http://www.ukolympic.com A comprehensive guide to the 2012 london olympics. Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en UK Olympics 2012 http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/uk-olympics-2012/ http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/uk-olympics-2012/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:23:54 +0000 admin http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/uk-olympics-2012/ UK Olympics 2012 will be hosted in England, it will be officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

With the UK Olympics 2012 London will have hosted the Olympics a record three times and will be the first city to do so.

Previous editions of the Olympics were held in London in 1908 and 1948 as well.

]]> http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/uk-olympics-2012/feed/ The Olympics Bidding Process http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-olympics-bidding-process/ http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-olympics-bidding-process/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:23:31 +0000 admin http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-olympics-bidding-process/ The United Kingdom faced some very stiff opposition in its bid to host the Olympic games.

When the bid was submitted in 2003, nine cities were competing to host the games.

Paris was the favorite to win the bid but reportedly lost out due to a series of unfortunate events. London won and Paris followed second, while Madrid, New York City and Moscow were next in the order of runner-ups.

The games will be followed by the Paralympic games which will take place after the main Olympics.

]]> http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-olympics-bidding-process/feed/ Important Facts about the London Olympics http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/important-facts-about-the-london-olympics/ http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/important-facts-about-the-london-olympics/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:23:05 +0000 admin http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/important-facts-about-the-london-olympics/ The host city of the games will be London, England.

About 204 nations are expected to participate in the events of the games. The number of athletes scheduled to attend are no more than 10,500 from these different nations of the world.

300 events will also be held in at least 26 sports in varying categories.

The ceremony is billed to start on July 27, 2012 and end on August 12.

The costs of staging the games are envisaged at about 2 billion pounds sterling and the money for the games is to be raised by the Central Government, the UK National Lottery, the Mayor of London as well as the London Development Agency.

]]> http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/important-facts-about-the-london-olympics/feed/ The 2012 Olympic Events http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-2012-olympic-events/ http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-2012-olympic-events/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:22:38 +0000 admin http://www.ukolympic.com/2008/01/05/the-2012-olympic-events/ The 2012 Olympics will reportedly feature 26 sports and 39 disciplines.

The Paralympics will feature 20 sports and 21 disciplines.

Sports include:

  • Aquatics,
  • Archery,
  • Athletics,
  • Badminton,
  • Basketball,
  • Boxing,
  • Canoe/kayak,
  • Cycling,
  • Equestrianism,
  • Fencing,
  • Football
  • and Gymnastics.

Other sports which will also be featured are:

  • Handball,
  • Field hockey,
  • Judo,
  • Modern pentathlon,
  • Rowing,
  • Sailing,
  • Shooting,
  • Table tennis,
  • Taekwondo,
  • Tennis,
  • Triathlon,
  • Volleyball,
  • Weightlifting
  • and Wrestling.
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