Results tagged “LOCOG”

The focus of Olympic sport might be on Vancouver at the moment but that doesn't mean work stops on organising the 2012 Games.

While the world is watching the winter events unfold in Canada Debbie Jevans and her team are busy ensuring preparations for London stay on track.

Protestors against the use of Greenwich Park for events at the 2012 Olympics have dug up a 19th Century law they believe will "scupper" Games' planners.

Pressure group No To Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events (Nogoe) claim the use of Circus Field in Blackheath, next to Greenwich Park, is illegal under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866.

The wave-shaped roof of the Olympic Aquatics centre has been put in place as work on the 2012 venues continues ahead of schedule.

Designed by Zaha Hadid the 160m long structure was lowered into place this week in one of the most complex engineering challenges of the project.

He's an Olympic legend but for Sir Steve Redgrave it's Britain's future, not its past, that's important.

For Sir Steve, who won five gold medals at successive Olympics between 1984 and 2000, the 2012 Games in London should be the springboard for sporting success for years to come.

The organisers of the London Olympics have confirmed today they will not be building a £40million temporary venue next to The O2 for the Games.

Instead the two sports which would have been housed there, badminton and rhythmic gymnastics, will be held at Wembley Arena in 2012.

There are just three years to go until the greatest show on Earth arrives on Canary Wharf's doorstep and the excitment is building.

The man in charge of successfully delivering the 2012 Olympics Games is Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Commitee (Locog).

Lord Sebastian Coe admitted he was delighted with the ringing endorsement from the IOC's Co-ordination Commission after their visit to check London's preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee (Locog), spoke to The Wharf about the visit and the increased importance the Games have for London's economy.

The International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission wrapped up their inspection visit to London by giving the preparations for the 2012 Games a ringing endorsement.

At a press conference in Canary Wharf this afternoon Commission chairman Denis Oswald declared London was "right on track".

OLYMPIC cycling champion Chris Hoy was on hand to help unveil the detailed design for the London Games' velodrome this morning.

Hoy, who won three gold medals in Beijing last month, joined Mayor of London Boris Johnson and London Organising Committee chairman Sebastian Coe at the site in Stratford.

OLYMPIC fever hit Canary Wharf this afternoon, even though the action was happening thousands of miles away.

The big screen in Canada Square drew a large crowd to watch the spectacular opening ceremony live from Beijing.

THINGS are going swimmingly for the organisers of the London Olympics.

In fact, they are going so well building work has begun two months early on the aquatic centre, the £303million flagship venue of the 2012 Olympic Park.

LONDON will still have an Olympic Torch relay in 2012 despite the trouble surrounding the flame’s visit to the capital at the weekend.

The London Organising Committee (LOCOG), based in Churchill Place, has confirmed the build-up to the 2012 Games will include a relay around the UK, although an international route looks doubtful.

A LOCOG spokeswoman said: “Our focus at the moment is on the handover at the end of the Beijing Games. But our plans for a torch relay are that we are committed to a domestic relay.