2012 things to remember the London Olympics by 2 Combined with the Paralympic
Games, which begin on 29 August, the Olympics have ralph
lauren uomo brought more than 14, 000 athletes to the UK, along with 21,
000 members of the media, and around 800, 000 spectators. 7 A further 2bn has
been raised privately by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic
Games(Locog), through sponsorship and ticket sales, merchandising and media
rights.This covers the actual running of the games. 8 Of the 10, 500 athletes
competing in the main Olympics, 4, 688 were women and 5, 802 were men. 9 Great
Britain, which was the only team to compete in all 26 sports, contributed 542
athletes:280 men and 262 women. 10 Some four billion people around the world are
reported to have seen at least a moment of the Games on television. 11 This
figure includes 90 per cent of the UK population. 12 In addition, several
million Britons are assumed to have been among the 8.8m people who were lucky
enough to get tickets to see events live. 13 Team GB's medal count 65, of which
29 were gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze is the biggest British haul since 1908.
(The 56 golds we won then were more than half the total won. ) 14 The BBC has
broadcast around 5, 800 hours of Olympic coverage more than twice as much as for
the 2008 Games in Beijing. 15 Altogether, the International Olympic Committee's
broadcasting arm estimates that more than 100, 000 hours of Olympic footage has
been broadcast worldwide. 16 It also ralph
lauren donna big pony polo believes that, for the first time, more
people followed the Games online than on television. 17 The BBC is reported to
have paid between 40m and 50m for the TV rights to the Games. 18 In addition to
the athletes, around 7, 500 team officials have been in the UK for the Games. 19
Altogether, the Games required a workforce of around 200, 000, including more
than 16, 000 caterers. 20 Of these, 70, 000 were volunteers, or Games Makers,
who were selected from more than 240, 000 applicants. 21 Around 18, 200 members
of the Armed Forces have also been involved in the Games. 22 Many of these
servicemen and women were called in at short notice to make up for shortfalls in
security personnel that should have been provided by the private contractor,
G4S. 23 Around 3, 000 technical officials were ralph lauren uomo
tees involved in administering the Games. 24 900, 000 different items of
sports equipment have been used, from hurdles and polo ralph lauren
italia javelins to trampolines and shuttlecocks. 25 The bulk of the
sporting action took place in the nine venues that comprised the Olympic Park in
Stratford. 26 Elsewhere in London, there are venues at the ExCel centre, the
Royal Artillery Barracks, North Greenwich Arena(Better known as the o2),
Greenwich Park, Earls Court, Wimbledon, Horse Guards Parade, The Mall, Hyde
Park, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Arena and Lord's. 27 Beyond London, events were
held in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Coventry, Cardiff, Weymouth and Portland
in Dorset, Eton Dorney in Buckinghamshire, Hadley Farm, Essex, and near Cheshunt
in Hertfordshire. The story begins 28 The tale of London 2012 starts in 1995,
when the British Olympic Association decides that the capital will be the next
British city to bid to host the Olympics.
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