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LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 Preparations, News, Oct 20, 2011


Geraint Thomas begins London 2012 preparations
RoadCyclingUK
by RCUK Geraint Thomas will begin his London 2012 preparations at the European Track Cycling Championships this weekend after being named in Great Britain's 15-rider squad. Thomas won Olympic team pursuit gold with Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy and Paul ...
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RoadCyclingUK
3-point shot: Coach K concerned about 2012
ESPN (blog)
Duke and USA Olympic team coach Mike Krzyzewski said the current NBA lockout could have a dramatic effect on preparations for London 2012. USA basketball met two weeks ago in Las Vegas to go over a number of logistical issues. Krzyzewski said at issue ...
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Zimbabwe: Nation's Preparations On Course
Zimbabwe Guardian
ZIMBABWE'S preparations for the 2012 London Olympic Games are well on course with the country looking at sending “a small team” of about 13 athletes to the world's biggest sporting showcase. The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee are also confident that Team ...
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New Technology Operations Center launched in preparation for London 2012 Olympics
Bikya Masr
The International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge expressed his excitement at thepreparations gone in to London 2012. “The IOC is very impressed with the progress of thepreparations in London,” said Rogge. According to the London 2012 Chief ...
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London 2012 Olympics: Kelly Sotherton and Germaine Mason axed from Lottery ...
Telegraph.co.uk
“Everything will continue as I had planned in the lead-up to London 2012 and this decision will not alter anything in my preparations. I still hope to compete at theOlympics next year and once I am there, I have every confidence of producing a ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
USA cyclists to train for London 2012 in Surrey
BBC News
The USA Olympic road cycling team is to train in Surrey in preparation for London 2012. The Olympic road cycle races and time trial events will both take place in Surrey during the London Olympics. Jim Miller, of USA Cycling, said: "We are thankful for ...
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BBC News
UK To Test Heathrow Services In Run-Up To Olympics
Wall Street Journal
... in preparation for the London Olympics. The two phases run from Nov. 1-Feb. 29, 2012 and July 1-Sept. 30, 2012. The UK is keen to avoid any potential embarrassment as the world's eyes focus onLondon during the games. The first phase of this trial, ...
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2012 London Olympics Streaking To Carry £20K Fine!
Post Chronicle
UPI reports that an International Olympic Committee commission credited Olympic organizers inLondon with "good progress" in their preparations for the 2012 Summer Games. The IOC Coordination Commission on Friday ended its next-to-last visit to London ...
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Naigambo set for London 2012
New Era
Now we need to focus more on the London Olympics and work hard to shape ourselves. I have a lot of confidence in our athletes and I suppose the earlier we start with our preparations, the better our athletes stand a good chance of bringing home medals. ...
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Records will fall! Olympic legend Thompson confident London will be the ...
Daily Mail
By Matt Fortune Olympic legend Daley Thompson has backed Britain to host the greatest Games ever, one in which world records will tumble right across the board. The two-time Decathlon gold medal winner is an ambassador for London 2012 and has no fear ...
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Daily Mail
Falcons leave for Cameroon tomorrow
Vanguard
The national women football team, the Super Falcons will depart the shores of this country for Cameroon to keep a date with the Indomitable Lionesses for a ticket to the 2012 London Olympics. In their final preparations Tuesday, coach Eucharia Uche ...
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Bayana star going into camp
Independent Online
Banyana Banyana's head coach Joseph Mkhonza has called up 38 players for camp in an aim to conduct fitness tests and work on general training techniques in preparationfor the 2012 London Olympic Games. It is the first time, since the formation of the ...
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Independent Online
Yanukovych demands savings not be made on preparation of Ukrainian sportsmen ...
Interfax
Preparations should have started a long time ago," the president said at a award ceremony for prizewinners in the 2011 World Boxing Championship. He said the estimated amount for financing for preparations for the 2012 Olympics is about UAH 420 million ...
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Interfax
OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS: Eguaveon grows goose pimples
Vanguard
Nigeria's under-23 coach, Austin Eguaveon and his assistants are increasingly coming under pressure to fetch Nigeria a ticket to the London 2012 Olympics, when they face other contenders in next month African qualifiers play off. ...
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Dream Team Lines Up London 2012 Tune Up Matches
THISDAY Live
Officials of the National U-23 team otherwise called the Dream Team V, have lined up four friendly games for the team as part of preparation of the team's phase two camping ahead of the Eight Nation CAF U-23 Olympic Games qualifier. ...
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Egadu cries foul over Olympic scholarship
Daily Monitor
By SANDE BASHAIJA & ABDU WASIKE (email the author) National sprinter Samuel Egadu is bitter his name was scrapped off the 2012 London Olympics Solidarity scholarship list without any explanation. “It is frustrating,” Egadu wrote in an email to Daily ...
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Nigeria Olympic team gets busy
StarAfrica.com
The Dream Team V technical team headed by Austin Eguavoen has line up friendly matches with some local clubs as part of preparations for the continental qualifiers for the London 2012 Olympic Games. On October 19, the Nigeria U-23 will face Shooting...
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StarAfrica.com
Victoria cyclist snags Canada's first medal
Victoria Times Colonist
Canadian cyclist Tara Whitten is bypassing Guadalajara but said her gold medal and three bronzes last year at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games were invaluable preparation as she readies for the 2012 London Olympics as gold-medal favourite in the ...
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Olympics construction experiences to be shared with industry
Out-Law.com
The ODA was established under the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act and has the power to buy land and make "arrangements in preparation for or in connection with the use or management before, during or after the London Olympics of premises ...
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Pan American Games is a major London 2012 test event for us, says Canada's ...
Insidethegames.biz
But Cardyn said that one of the biggest objectives for Canada at the competition was to use the event to help finalise their preparations for the London 2012 Olympics where they are targeting their highest position in the medals table at a Summer Games ...
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Businesses need to plan for the Olympics if they want the summer to run smoothly
CITY A.M.
Happily, TfL have already made all of this information online for you to check, in the Travel Advice for Business section of the London 2012 website. There's also a dedicated area of their own website forOlympic transport advice (see panel, right, ...
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Olympic champ Kim to skip entire season
Examiner.com
Kim told reporters today that she is giving herself a longer break from competitive skating, saying, "After the Vancouver Olympics last year, it's been a whirlwind of activities on top of all thepreparations for competitions. ...
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49er Olympic Campaign - Last Summer Before The Big Do!
DI-VE
The ISAF World Championships and Olympic Qualifiers in Perth Australia being staged between December 3rd and 18th will determine 15 of the 21 places to make the 49er Class at the London Olympics 2012 – following Perth the remaining 5 candidates will ...
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FENCING: LAURENCE HALSTED POINTS TO WINNING RIPOSTE
Express.co.uk
Some have lost their funding and the remainder of the national squad have had their preparations forLondon 2012 overhauled less than a year out from the Games. After a hugely disappointing European Championships in Sheffield earlier this year, ...
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Points race silver driving Meyer's rainbow ambitions in Melbourne
Cyclingnews.com
Given it's an Olympic year, Meyer is also going to be juggling the choice between targeting those disciplines which will feature in London, or the events where he has traditionally been successful when it comes to the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World ...
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Jason Queally set for European Championships team sprint
BBC Sport
... Shane Sutton said: "Our aim remains to score Olympic qualification points early." He added: "I'd say we are on target to achieve this as the whole team is looking strong and healthy as we enter into the final preparation stages for London 2012. ...
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BBC Sport
Sochi Touts "Unprecedented" Olympic Legacy; London 2012 IT Update
Around the Rings (subscription)
Viktor Yanukovich during a recent tour of Sochi's Olympic Park. (President's Press Office) Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich is calling for “proper funding” of the country's London Olympic preparations. A statement posted on his website quotes him ...
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Chukwu upbeat as Falcons depart for Cameroun
Nigerian Tribune
FORMER Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu is optimistic the country's female side, the Super Falcons can pick the ticket to the London 2012 Olympics at the expence of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroun. The Nigerian contingent made up of 20 ...
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Volvo Ocean Race : Team Volvo launches its ultimate tool to be an armchaire ...
BYM News (press release)
Team Volvo sailors will be present to inspire the public ahead of London 2012 with tales of their own sailing experiences and their preparation for next year's Games, as well as showcasing the Laser, the UK's most popular dinghy. ...
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I am not under pressure to win a medal in Olympics: Sodhi
Times of India
Disclosing his preparation plans for Olympics, Sodhi said, "Till February 2012 I will be experimenting by working on certain changes in my equipment and technique. But after that I will just focus on the Olympics. "I am also working on my fitness. ...
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Jongewaard using Sun Tour as Olympic preparation
Cyclingnews.com
Riding on the road, as he has for part of the Australian National Road Series this year, is just a way of getting the kilometres back in his legs and raising the bar in his race for fitness toward a berth inLondon in 2012. ...
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BT Baba Rubbishes IOC
GhanaWeb
It would be recalled that, the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, personally wrote to BT Baba on August 26, 2011 with a strong warning to organize congress, not later than 31 October 2011, so Ghana can participate in the London 2012 Olympic Games. ...
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Quintavalle a throw closer to London Games
The National
ABU DHABI // Guilia Quintavalle edged closer to earning a place in the 2012 Olympics Sunday night and then said claiming a second gold medal would be harder than winning her first. The Italian won her category in the International Judo Federation Grand ...
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Strength crucial for Oliver
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Oliver has announced herself as a firm favourite to earn one of the three British women's places for London 2012 over the past 12 months - kick-starting her bid at the Commonwealth Games this time last year. The 24-year-old won team silver for England...
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USA cyclists to prepare for London 2012 in Surrey | Cycling ...
By Duncan Mackay
Kristin Thomas_in_Beijing October 18 - Surrey is to host the United States cycling team as they finalise their preparations for the London 2012 Olympics. The Olympic road cycle races and time trial events will both take place in Surrey during ...
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London 2012. What do you feel the London 2012 Olympics signifies to athletes or sports professionals? Is it inspiring for them to always make a comeback towards the sports arena? Like other academic careers that men and women determine for their lives, athletes or sports experts are happy to engage in one thing they ... London has a great record on hosting huge sporting events, even so, this event is basically large and will require a lot of preparation, budget, and participation. ...
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Volvo announces new Volvo Sailing App - Yachts and Yachting Online
Triple Olympic gold medalist Ben Ainslie and Olympic Champion Paul Goodison will be in Londontoday to help the Great British public to brush up on its sailing skills and ocean-going vocabulary. ...successful event at three of the last four Olympic Games. Team Volvo sailors will be present to inspire the public ahead of London 2012 with tales of their own sailing experiences and theirpreparation for next year's Games, as well as showcasing the Laser, the UK's most popular dinghy....
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Technology preparations for London 2012
With exactly one year to go until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, organisers confirm that preparations for the Games are on track and ...
pentathlon.org/.../1207-technology-preparations-for-london-2...
National Mirror - London 2012: Yeiyah calls for early preparation
Nigeria's top swimmer Yellow Yeiyah has called on the swimming federation of Nigeria to beginpreparation for next year's London 2012 Olympics on time in ...
nationalmirroronline.net/sports/sport-new/22914.html
Sebastian Coe Discusses Leading London's Preparations for 2012 ...
Sebastian Coe won two Olympic gold medals in middle-distance running in the 1980s. Now he is leading London's preparations for the 2012 Summer Games.
online.wsj.com/.../722521AB-0DAD-40FA-B2E7-E11942F9B...
Zim's preps on course: ZOC
ZIMBABWE'S preparations for the 2012 London Olympic Games are well on course with the country looking at sending "a small team" of about 13 athletes to the ...
www.herald.co.zw/index.php?option=com...
Sochi Touts "Unprecedented" Olympic Legacy; London 2012 IT ...
Sochi Touts "Unprecedented" Olympic Legacy; London 2012 IT Update. 10/13/ ... is calling for “proper funding” of the country's London Olympic preparations. ...
aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=38180
Olympic Council of Ireland - London 2012 visits
London 2012 visits. ... London 2012 Tickets ... base in Twickenham and be briefed on all aspects of the Olympic Team's planning and preparation for London. ...
www.olympicsport.ie/summer.../4173-london-2012-visits.html
OS/OCA regional forum opens in ... - Olympic Council of Asia : News
Dubai, UAE: The Olympic Solidarity/OCA Regional Forum on Preparation for the 2012 OlympicGames in London began on Tuesday at the Dubai Radisson ...
www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?redirect=2279
London 2012 MST
MST in Preparation for Your Olympic/Paralympic Trials & the road to London 2012... Whether you're an elite athlete competing in track and field, archery, ...
mindmatterssports.com/London_2012_MST.html

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