LONDON 2012 - Summer Olympic Games / Games of the XXX Olympiad

[TEBC]

And just loved the brazilian part!! Also better and more touching tha the olympics!!

[jerseyboi]

Its goodbye from London 2012 and worlds best games ever. London a City that influenced the world through time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4As0e4de-rI

Paralympic games was declared the best games ever.

See

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml



Good luck Rio!

[dande]

Great job London.

[GEwinnen]

In Germany we had a summer fairy tale in 2006.
But London 2012 was the most colorful, most beautiful and best summer fairy tale ever told!

It will be hard to beat by future olympic games!

[RobH]

What happens next:

http://www.noordinarypark.co.uk/when

[BMFMAX]

Originally Posted by jerseyboi

Its goodbye from London 2012 and worlds best games ever. London a City that influenced the world through time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4As0e4de-rI

Paralympic games was declared the best games ever.

See

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml



Good luck Rio!

Wow, your pictures are very professional. I like very much.

[RobH]

A tree-lined promenade, interactive fountain and classic carousel will be part of the new Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Planning permission was unanimously granted last night for a beautiful new plaza in the south of the Park in the area between ArcelorMittal Orbit, the Aquatics Centre and the Stadium.

The South Plaza, the public space at the heart of the South Park, will be a dynamic, landscaped area dedicated to entertainment and cultural activities, offering new experiences for each visit.

During Games-time the South Plaza was occupied by temporary cafes, shops and toilet facilities. These will be removed to leave an 11.3 hectare space, (28 acre) equivalent to 16 football pitches, for the new Plaza.

The plans will see this area transformed into beautiful new parkland – contributing to the Legacy Corporation’s plans to double the open space inside Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in comparison to Games-time.

More @ http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/legacy...-public-space/

[PortoNuts]

Olympic construction generated £7.3bn

Construction of London Olympic venues generated an economic boost of £7.3bn to the UK, but much of the benefit was felt in London and the south, according to an independent report commissioned by the government.

Grant Thornton said the five-year construction period from 2007 generated £8.2bn of gross value added. After accounting for the displacement of other construction work, that left a net impact of £7.3bn of GVA. The economic benefit was most felt in London, the southeast and the east of England, which accounted for £4.8bn of the net GVA.

London-based companies won 54 per cent of all contracts awarded by the Olympic Delivery Authority. The Grant Thornton report said London businesses and those trading for five years or more were “significantly more likely” to be shortlisted for contracts.

The value of the Olympics’ economic impact was questioned by Stefan Szymanski, an economics professor who helped prepare previous reports on the subject.

“This report confirms earlier research findings that the economic impact of the Olympic Games in the UK at best amounts to around one-tenth of 1 per cent of GDP – the size of a rounding error,” he said.

“It may have been worthwhile diverting all that government time and effort into creating the Olympic feelgood factor, but it does not stand up as a public finance investment proposition.” Grant Thornton also said there had been a slight increase in sports participation since the games were awarded to the London.

Hugh Robertson, sports minister said: “The legacy from the London 2012 games gives us an opportunity to regenerate east London, maximise opportunities to drive economic growth and encourage a generation to choose sport.”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/54317...#axzz2Crwls99V

[soup or man]

Originally Posted by RobH

A tree-lined promenade, interactive fountain and classic carousel will be part of the new Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Planning permission was unanimously granted last night for a beautiful new plaza in the south of the Park in the area between ArcelorMittal Orbit, the Aquatics Centre and the Stadium.

The South Plaza, the public space at the heart of the South Park, will be a dynamic, landscaped area dedicated to entertainment and cultural activities, offering new experiences for each visit.

During Games-time the South Plaza was occupied by temporary cafes, shops and toilet facilities. These will be removed to leave an 11.3 hectare space, (28 acre) equivalent to 16 football pitches, for the new Plaza.

The plans will see this area transformed into beautiful new parkland – contributing to the Legacy Corporation’s plans to double the open space inside Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in comparison to Games-time.

More @ http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/legacy...-public-space/

This should've been the Olympic Park. This looks superb.

[RMB2007]

They needed to keep that area open during the Olympics due to the vast amount of people that were present in the Olympic Park and venues, so good access in and out of the Olympic Park was a must.

[RobH]

Originally Posted by soup or man

This should've been the Olympic Park. This looks superb.

Well, the reason these new gardens etc in the South of the Park are only being built post-Olympics will be obvious to anyone who attended the Games.

The enormous concourses which in effect stretched from Stratford Station to the Hockey Arena were absolutely needed because - and I can tell you from being there - when all the venues in the Park were being used at once it was rammed. On the busiest days 300,000 people passed through its gates!

Below is a photo of the area between the Aquatic Centre and the stadium when the Olympics were on. Simply no room for all those trees, boulovards, mazes, outdoor theatres etc....

[jerseyboi]

Olympic and Paralympic cauldron ‘petals’ sent as gifts to the 2012 London competing nations

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) commenced the distribution programme of the handmade copper petals from the cauldron that burned so brightly during the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Designed by renowned British designer Thomas Heatherwick, the London 2012 cauldron represented every participating nation through a series of handmade copper elements, known as ‘petals’, with one created for every country taking part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Each National Olympic Committee and each National Paralympic Committee will receive their copper piece by the end of the year. Heatherwick Studio’s vision was that there would not be a large cauldron left after the 2012 Games. Instead, each of the copper petals was to be offered to each country as a memento of their incredible sporting achievements.

During the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games the 204 petals for the Olympic cauldron were carried into the Stadium as part of the parade by young people from East London who accompanied each competing nation. The young people placed the petals on the cauldron before it was lit and raised into its upright position. During the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony the 164 petals representing each nation were pre-set before the parade of nations and prior to the spectacular cauldron lighting sequence.

Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG, said: ‘I am delighted to conclude the story of the cauldron by presenting each National Olympic Committee and each National Paralympic Committee with the copper petal that represented the achievements of their teams at the 2012 Games. Each petal is an iconic symbol of each nation's participation in the London Games and a fitting final gift from London to the world.’

[jerseyboi]

It's nearly time to say goodbye to 2012.........
The year of the London Olympic Games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Ed3MLdg8#at=66

[RMB2007]

LONDON TO HOST 2017 IPC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

After staging one of the best and most-talked about Paralympic Games in history this summer, London was announced as the host city of the 2017 IPC Athletics World Championships today.

The Championships will be held in July 2017 at the Olympic Stadium, just a month before the same venue plays host to the IAAF World Athletics Championships. London will become the first city to host the two Championships side-by-side, recreating the summer of sport which transformed the British capital in the summer of 2012.

The Greater London Authority will organise the Championships, partnering with UK Athletics, ParalympicsGB, the London Borough of Newham, the London Legacy Development Corporation and the University of East London.

During the bid process, London Mayor Boris Johnson used the success of London 2012 to argue for the return of international Paralympic competition to the British capital, which receives 26 million overnight visitors annually.

http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/london...championships/

[alexandru.mircea]

What are the "IPC" championships?

[RMB2007]

The IPC Athletics World Championships is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Athletes with a physical disability compete, and in a few events athletes with an intellectual disability compete. Originally it was organised every four years, but this changed in 2011 and it is now organised biennially.

[alexandru.mircea]

Thanks.

[RobH]

Photos and video of ongoing reconfiguration of the Park:

VIDEO OF OLYMPIC PARK VENUES TODAY:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21203933

PHOTOS:
Water Polo venue - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2...073408/photo/1
Inside aquatics centre - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2...153601/photo/1
Outside aquatics centre - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2.../photo/1/large
Velodrome - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2...923841/photo/1
Hockey stadium (gone) - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2.../photo/1/large

All from Dan Roan - BBC - https://twitter.com/danroan

[Almeria]

Originally Posted by RobH

Photos and video of ongoing reconfiguration of the Park:

VIDEO OF OLYMPIC PARK VENUES TODAY:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21203933

PHOTOS:
Water Polo venue - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2...073408/photo/1
Inside aquatics centre - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2...153601/photo/1
Outside aquatics centre - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2.../photo/1/large
Velodrome - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2...923841/photo/1
Hockey stadium (gone) - https://twitter.com/danroan/status/2.../photo/1/large

All from Dan Roan - BBC - https://twitter.com/danroan

This is the "legacy" of London 2012? any of the candidates in 2005: Paris, Moscow, Istanbul, Rio, NY... they offered better project than L2012

This is evidence that London was a games designated by connections who have not contributed anything to the Olympic movement but if much to real estate agents and speculators urbanisticos of London. And excuse of called... "temporary installations" and "brilliant cermonies"... an insult to the intelligence of countries struggling to organize a few great games as Rio de Janeiro, Athens, Sydney, Madrid...


for forget...

[RobH]

Complete trolling rubbish.

The fact that you can't promote Madrid 2020 without rubbishing London 2012 shows you have zero understanding of the Olympic spirit.