Olympic torch fever sweeps across Great Britain as huge crowds watch the flame and its torchbearers make their way towards London in 13 days, delighting supporters and surprising cynics; #London2012, #London2012TorchRelay, #bbctorchcam

London2012 video: Olympic Torch Relay Week 8 Highlights - London 2012
http://youtu.be/N_Qn7YdWzU0

Beanyman62News video: London 2012 Olympics -Prime Minister David Cameron greets Olympic Torchbearers in his constituency in West Oxfordshire, and discusses the immense popularity and interest in the progress of the relays across Great Britain as they make their way to the Opening Ceremonies in London on the night of July 27th. http://youtu.be/2TP8fiolA30

On Wednesday, Day 53, it was The Queen and Prince Philip and The Olympic Flame and Sebastian Coe at Windsor Castle:http://twitter.com/London2012/status/222737068747526144/photo/1

WiltshireCouncil video: U.S. Gold medalist Michael Johnson's Olympic Torch Run at Stonehenge. July 13, 2012. http://youtu.be/blOP_nGf-Bg

On Friday the 13th, Day 55, the flame went thru Dorset, one of the most magical places in all of England. (If it's not God's Country, it's a nearby suburb!.)

Seriously, who doesn't love Dorset, beautiful any time of the year, rain or shine!

Moment to Shine

In Dorset, 15-year old swimmer and torchbearer Lisa Devine at the lookout at Durdle Door

http://twitter.com/London2012/status/223830983529603074/photo/1/large
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18812188

http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2012/07/olympic-torch-relay-continues-into-day-55-starting-off-at-stonehenge/#1 Moments she will never forget!

The Olympic Torch relays start in the morning and remember the five-hour time difference between Miami/EDT and London right now, so unless you are a night owl, you can always  watch videotape of what happened While You Were Sleeping

Follow the progress of the Torch here, http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/route/

and watch the Olympic Torch relay Route LIVE at http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay and 
http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/video/live.html

This morning, I watched it make its way from Bournemouth to Southhampton, where 100 years ago this past April, everything started out so swimmingly for the maiden voyage of The Titanic...

BBC torchcam becomes cult viewing worldwide

Roger Mosey | 11:09 UK time, Wednesday, 23 May 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rogermosey/2012/05/bbc_torchcam_becomes_cult_view.html

At 10 a.m., they're zipping down the road in one of their many vehicles with a police escort, since as you might've already guessed, though the route is 8,000 miles, there isn't someone running or walking for all 8,000 miles over 70 days.   

At 10:01 we just passed the Esso service station...

#London2012TorchRelay

Realtime: https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23London2012TorchRelay
http://www.youtube.com/user/london2012/

Blimey! Two-thirds of the 1.9 million sports fans who applied for London 2012 Olympics tickets get shut out; one-third of events are already sold-out

Channel 4 News video: London 2012 -Two thirds of applicants left without tickets

June 17, 2011.

http://bcove.me/2q11ijx7

Complete story at

http://www.channel4.com/news/1-2m-bidders-for-olympics-tickets-left-empty-handed

Meanwhile, just when you thought you'd heard it all, guess who WAS given some tickets?

Yes, no matter how you spell it, the name Gaddafi still opens important doors...

ITN News video: Libya given London Olympic tickets, June 15, 2011

http://youtu.be/sOSaCOodonc

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Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee video: Jeret "Speedy" Peterson - "Cooking with Speedy"

http://youtu.be/t9DN8zPOv4U

"Go big or go home!"

But who's counting? London 2012 Olympics is 500 Days and counting -and a Clock to do just that in Trafalgar Square!

http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7001629133953783160&postID=2946762817853573856

Australia's TEN News' Europe correspondent Brett Mason interviews London 2012 Organising Committee chairman Lord Sebastian Coe about comparisons to Sydney 2004, and a clock at Trafalgar Square to drive home the deadline. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRTixVFPeBs

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board meets in London on April 5 and 6 and will get updates on preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games: London 2012, Sochi 2014 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.

Countdown Clock unveiled to mark 500 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games: http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/03/countdown-clock-unveiled-to-mark-500-days-to-go-to-the-l.php

Olympic Tickets are now on sale: http://www.tickets.london2012.com/



Channel 4 News: Olympic tickets go on sale on Tuesday but just how much will you have to pay to see the spectacle as speculation for ticket touting prices escalating into the thousands?
http://bcove.me/qykioeiw

Former GB rower Sarah Winckless, Chair of the BOA Athletes Commission, blogs on seeing the Olympic venues up-close and personal since her last visit and is very impressed:

Athletes Commission Inspired by Olympic Park Visit
Posted by Sarah Winckless
March 15, 2011
http://www.olympics.org.uk/News/c8211e-athletes-commission-inspired-by-olympic-park-visit/

See also:
Sarah Winckless disease proves that sport does matter
By Matthew Syed, April 29, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/matthew_syed/article6187946.ece

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Official London 2012 Olympics website: http://www.london2012.com/

Olympic webcams in London: https://www.london2012.com/webcams/

Official blog: https://www.london2012.com/blog/

Official Mascots homepage, Wenlock and Mandeville:
http://www.mylondon2012.com/mascots/

BBC's London 2012 Olympics homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/

Team GB: http://www.olympics.org.uk/

Team GB blog: http://www.olympics.org.uk/News/category/blogs/

26 Sports, One Team: http://www.olympics.org.uk/sports/

See also:
Full sports competition schedule for the XXX Olympic Summer Games, July 27-August 12th
http://www.olympic.org/london-2012-summer-olympics?articlenewsgroup=-1&articleid=115995

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/olyschedule_p1.html

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Iran call London 2012 logo racist: report
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/223972/iran-call-london-2012-logo-racist-report



Sebastian Coe WR 800
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0e1yaMIM08

London 2012 Olympics: Three Years Left to Go

Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee shares his thoughts as the calendar strikes three years and counting today, 1096 days to be exact:
http://www.london2012.com/blog/2009/07/27/three-years-to-go-believe-me-it-s-going-to-be-fantastic.php


The Observer
Sebastian Coe: Golden boy with success in his sights
As an athlete in the 1980s, he was single-minded in his efforts to be first across the finishing line.
And ever since he masterminded the British 2012 Olympic bid, Sebastian Coe has been quietly but efficiently overseeing the job of bringing in the Games on time and in budget.
No also-ran? No noble failure? How terribly unBritish .
By Andrew Anthony
July 19, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/19/olympic-games-london-2012-sebastian-coe

Video: Three years left and counting

http://www.london2012.com/blog/2009/07/27/video-three-years-left-and-counting.php


Time-lapse video shows the exciting transformation of East London into what will be the center of excitement for the London 2012 Olympics starting

OLYMPICS
Coe confident on 2012 countdown

A year's progress at the Olympic Stadium

BBC London's tour of the Olympic site

Three years and counting to 2012

2012 stadium 'might not be scaled down'

BBC Olympics webpage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/default.stm

British Olympic Association: http://www.olympics.org.uk/home2.aspx


Official U.S. Olympic Committee website:
http://www.teamusa.org/
500 Days and counting: 5 live Breakfast chats with Sir Coe about tickets to London 2012 Olympic tickets going on sale today