London 2012 blog

Creating a buzz as we start the London 2012 Games Maker interviews

Jean Tomlin, LOCOG HR Director, 31 January 2011

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Now and then: Boxing

Uzma, Marketing Assistant, 31 January 2011

During the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Boxing competition will be held at ExCeL, which is currently being used as the Games Maker selection centre. Let's hope it will be the scene of more British boxing success stories – here are a few others. 

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Photos of the week: Basketball Arena, ceramic flowers and Alastair Cook

Uzma, Marketing Assistant, 28 January 2011

See what has been happening at London 2012 this week...

Many of the 12,000 seats are now in place inside the Basketball Arena. Check out the venue's new webcam and see how construction is progressing daily. 

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The message from athletes around the world? Roll on London 2012...

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympic champion, 28 January 2011

London 2012 may have been on the lips of every British athlete for the last couple of years, but as I sit track side at these IPC World Athletics Championships, it is great that it has started to spread to other nations too.

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Bed testing for the Athletes' Village – all in a day’s work

Jonathan Edwards, London 2012 Board member, 27 January 2011

As members of the LOCOG Athletes Committee we take our role very seriously. During our meetings we discuss many important issues relating to athlete services during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. We look at transport schedules, venue and village design – down to such detail as the lift wait times, the effectiveness of the blackout curtains and testing the beds.

That's right – bed testing.

Following a recent meeting at LOCOG HQ we had the chance to put the beds and...

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Did we discover the next Cheryl Cole?

Sarah, London 2012 Culture team, 26 January 2011

Youth Music Voices has been travelling all over the country giving young people the chance to try their hand (or rather, voice) at group singing. Each region holds tasters events: young people can turn up and get a feel for singing in a group, find out more about group singing in their area and also decide if they want to come back an audition to be part of Youth Music Voices ensemble – a group of 150 young people who...

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Now and then: Water Polo

Uzma, Marketing Assistant, 26 January 2011

Contracts have been awarded for the construction of one of the last venues to be built on the Olympic Park, the 5,000-seat Water Polo Arena.

Let's hope that the Olympic Water Polo competition will be as exciting at London 2012 as it has been at previous Games.

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Photos of the week: webcams reveal great progress being made on venues

Harley, LOCOG Communications team, 14 January 2011

Don't forget you can always check the progress of the London 2012 venues on our live webcams recording images throughout the day and night.

This is the latest London 2012 webcam photo taken inside the Olympic Stadium. The Stadium is located in the south of the Olympic Park on an island site surrounded on three sides by waterways.

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A run through London's historic East End

Bill, Director of Culture, Ceremonies, Education and Live Sites, 10 January 2011

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Paralympic icons: Lee Pearson, Equestrian

Craig, Government Relations team, 7 January 2011

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