Tag: London 2012 Olympic Games
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Giant Olympic Rings unveiled on Tower Bridge
By Tom Degun at Tower Bridge in London: A giant set of Olympic Rings have today been unveiled here at arguably London’s most iconic landmark to celebrate exactly one month to go to the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games on July 27. The giant aluminium Rings, which were manufactured in Yorkshire at a…
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ITF announces entries for Olympic Tennis Event
London, June 26, 2012: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) today announced the full list of entries for the London 2012 Olympic Tennis Event at the All England Club, Wimbledon from 28 July until 5 August. Forty-five (45) countries will compete in this year’s event. Three of the four gold medallists from 2008 Beijing will return…
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National Hockey Team Trials on will be July 01
Lahore-Pakistan, June 26, 2012: National Hockey Team, The training camp of national senior probables preparing for 30th Olympic Games is in progress at Tobe Camp Abbottabad. The trials to select final lineup for the London Olympic Games will be held on 1st JULY 2012 at 1530 hours and will be observed by the National Selection…
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Record Number of Female Athletics Events Proposed for Rio
Bonn-Germany, May 30, 2012: Female Athletics, IPC Athletics, the international governing body of para-athletics, has published its first draft of the medal event programme for the Rio 2016 Paralympics more than 1,550 days before the start of the Games. The draft Rio programme features 176 different medal events, six more than London 2012, and proposes…
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Qualifiers for Team Events at London 2012 Olympic Games Announced
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 15, 2012: Olympic Games Announced, Following the conclusion of the Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha on Sunday 13th May, the provisional lists for the Men’s and Women’s Team events at the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games are known. The lists are provisional and will not be finalized until all teams concerned…
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Injury Opens Door for World Champion to Compete in London Olympics
Lausanne, May 11, 2012: Injury Opens Door for World Champion to Compete in London Olympics Currently listed at no.1 of the Women’s World Rankings, 21 year old DING Ning will replace GUO Yan in the Chinese Team for the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games. The decision was confirmed by the Chinese National Olympic Committee on…
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London 2012 – Olympic flame lit at Olympia
Lausanne-switzerland, May 10, 2012: With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was today lit at Olympia during a ceremony organized by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting symbolically marks the beginning of the Torch Relay that will bring the flame to the Olympic Stadium…
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Reigning Olympic Champions will Not Defend Titles in London
By Ian Marshall, April 18, 2012: China’s MA Lin and ZHANG Yining, the winners of the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will not defend their titles in London later this year in July. ZHANG Yining, now 31 years old, retired from international play following her victory in the…
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Fusion Walk location of ATR Newsmaker Breakfast Moscow
Moscow, April 14, 2012: Breakfast with Seb and Dima–Monday’s Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast–is set for the Fusion Plaza restaurant, 2nd level (street mall) of the World Trade Center Moscow (Fusion Walk). The event is sponsored by ISM Ltd., the IOC’s worldwide exclusive interactive entertainment software licensee, and The Concerto Group, London’s premier events planning…
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Breakfast with Seb and Dima Coe, Chernyshenko Headline Newsmaker Breakfast Moscow
Atlanta-USA. April, 11, 2012: Looming deadlines–and perhaps a few memories–will be chief among the topics discussed when Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012, and Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and CEO of Sochi 2014, join Around the Rings editor Ed Hula for the Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast in Moscow next Monday April 16 (Breakfast Moscow). London…