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The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, and also known as London 2012 as per the official logo, are scheduled to take place inLondon,England,United Kingdomfrom 27 July to 12 August 2012.
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Watch Olympics Opening Ceremony online. 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 inSingapore, defeatingMoscow,New York City,Madrid andParis.London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.
The Olympic Stadium will be transformed into the “British countryside” for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games on 27 July.
A cast of 10,000 volunteers will help recreate country scenes, against a backdrop featuring farmyard animals and landmarks like Glastonbury Tor.
The opening scene of the ￡27mceremony will be called “Green and Pleasant”, artistic director Danny Boyle revealed.
He added the show would create “a picture of ourselves as a nation.”
“The best way to tell that story is through working with real people,” said Boyle, who has reserved a role for NHS nurses in proceedings.
The Beatles: She Loves You, Hey Jude and The End are all solid choices, but as with the Stones, surely better option out there. Seeing as it’s planned at a time when 205 nations are united in competition, Come Together seems like the logical choice.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax: Security will need to be on extra alert for this one, just in case Ben Stiller goes anywhere near the Malaysian Prime Minister.
Sugababes – Push The Button: Although the band has only been around for 14 years, this is the fifth reincarnation of the groups members. Lets just hope they don’t change again before the games.
Amy Winehouse – Valerie: A cunning choice, perhaps meant as a deterrent to athletes about the potential dangers of performance enhancing drugs.
David Bowie: With Starman and Heroes already slated for a spin, Absolute Beginners is a somewhat strange choice. Given that it could parlay into a Bowie/Queen melody, Under Pressure could perhaps have been used here instead.
In response to concerns raised by six animal welfare groups, Boyle has sent a letter to Peta’s founder Ingrid Newkirk to offer a range of assurances over plans to use live animals in his Isles of Wonder-themed opening ceremony.
After revealing this month that 12 horses, three cows, two goats, 10 chickens, 10 ducks, nine geese, 70 sheep and three sheepdogs would be part of the opening scene, animal rights campaigners claimed it could breach the Animal Welfare Act by subjecting them to undue distress.
Boyle said that “genuine care will be taken of the animals” who “will feature only in the very beginning of the show during daylight hours and will leave the stadium shortly after the 9pm start and before any large effects or noisy sequences take place”.
The opening “green and pleasant” tableau is expected to give way to a more urban environment of dark satanic mills and protests.
The Slumdog Millionaire director also promised that he would “follow up vigorously” concerns about the fate of the animals after the show, to ensure they were safely retired to animal sanctuaries.
Sprinters and swimmers competing in brand new arenas erected in a once-derelict area of eastLondonbrought back to life as the Olympic Park.
Headlining the show will be 10,000 athletes from more than 200 countries none bigger than who else? Bolt and Phelps. What can Bolt possibly do for an encore after his jaw-dropping three gold medals and three world records on the track inBeijing? Can 14-time gold medalist Phelps winner of a record eight golds in the pool in Beijing hold off American rival Ryan Lochte in what Phelps says will be his final Olympics?
Also at stake will be the top spot in the medals table between the world’s two sporting superpowers: theUnited StatesandChina. The U.S. won the most medals (110) inBeijing, butChinatook the most golds (51). Expect a tight race on both fronts this time.
Away from the playing fields, the city is dressing up, from the giant Olympic rings onTowerBridge, to the party venues and giant screens inHyde Park, to the landscaped gardens inside the 560-acre Olympic Park.
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