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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:19 AM

New Mountain Biking venue in Essex confirmed for the London 2012 Games

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed that subject to final contract negotiations, the venue for the Mountain Biking events will be at Hadleigh Farm, Essex. The alternative site was chosen following the decision in January 2008 to move the competition away from The Weald Country Park in Essex after a change in requirements for the sport that resulted in the need to identify a more technical and challenging course. This venue change for the...
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Saturday, August 09, 2008 1:58 PM

London 2012 tribute to Steve Parry

London 2012 has issued a tribute to the highly respected former Reuters Sports Editor and IOC and London 2012 press operations adviser. It takes an event or occasion of some magnitude to prompt a pause of any kind in the press rooms of the world's leading media organisations on the eve of the Olympic Games, the world's biggest media operation. But that is what happened today in Beijing as word spread through the Main Press Centre of the untimely death of Steve Parry, the highly respected...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:46 AM

ODA publishes Annual Report after a year of strong progress

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2007 – 2008, following a year when the ODA has delivered virtually all, and exceeded some, of its ‘Dig, Demolish, Design: Milestones to Beijing’. Publishing the report, Chairman John Armitt said: 'Thanks to the hard work of the team, impressive progress has been made over the last year with the Olympic Park transformed and construction already underway ahead of schedule. This has been reflected by the International...
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Friday, June 06, 2008 8:56 AM

IOC approves changes to Park venues

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved four design changes to the Olympic Park to enhance usage after 2012. Fencing, which was to be held in a temporary venue on the Olympic Park, will move into ExCeL London – already a Games venue. The temporary venue for Basketball will now move from the southern end of the park to the northern end of the park. The BMX venue will move a small distance and now be adjacent to the Velodrome. This puts the venue in its final position, with no need to...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:39 PM

London 2012 Welcome IOC Coordination Commission to London

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games today welcomed the IOC Coordination Commission to London. There were opening remarks from the IOC, London 2012 Chair Sebastian Coe, London 2012 CEO Paul Deighton, Minister for the Olympics and Minister for London Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP and Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The prevailing themes focused on the importance of sport, elite sport and sport participation. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:17 PM

IOC Coordination Commission visit underway

The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission (CoCom) has started a three day visit to London for an update on plans and progress on the London 2012 Games. This morning CoCom visited the Olympic Park site and Wembley Stadium, the venue for the Football finals in 2012. Over the course of their stay they will hear presentations from senior members of the Organising Committee team on all aspects of the project. The visit will end with a press conference on Thursday with CoCom Chairman...
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