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Welcome to
London Summer Olympics !
The best place for online
coverage of all the major summer
Olympics action from London ,
including the Olympic torch relay,
opening ceremony, Olympic Stadium
and major arenas, live football and
finally the closing ceremony.
The
Summer Olympic Games,
officially the Games of the XXX
Olympiad, will take place in London,
England, United Kingdom, from 27
July to 12 August .
Following a bid headed by former
Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and
the then Mayor of London Ken
Livingstone, London was selected as
the host city on 6 July 2005 during
the 117th IOC Session in Singapore,
defeating Moscow, New York City,
Madrid and Paris. London will become
the first city to officially host
the modern Olympic Games three
times, having previously done so in
1908 and in 1948.
While
budgetary considerations for the
games have generated some criticism,
they have also been welcomed by
others as having prompted a
redevelopment of many of the areas
of London in which events are to be
held – particularly themed towards
sustainability. The main focus of
the games will be a new 200 hectare
Olympic Park, constructed on a
former industrial site at Stratford
in the east of London. The Games
also make use of many venues which
were already in place before the
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