and watch the Olympic Torch relay Route LIVE at http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay which I'm doing now at 5:35 Miami time as it's in Richmond Upon Thames on its way to Hounslow, Hillingdon, Denham and Ealing.
alejandromedinafilms video: Time-lapse footage of construction of the London 2012 Athletes' Village. (HD). February 22, 2012.http://youtu.be/bB0W8xiqQ8Y
Al Jazeera video: Al Jazeera correspondent Lee Wellings checks out the Olympic Park two weeks before it's full of 16,000 athletes. July 13, 2012. http://youtu.be/I1ZqZfVjMYU
London Mayor Boris Johnson inspected the beautiful Olympic Park on Friday, two weeks before the Opening Ceremonies and comes away both impressed and proud.
MayorsOfficeLondon video: A new £50m cable car system -aka Emirates Air Line- linking the Excel Centre at Royal Victoria Docks across the Thames to the O2 Arena in north Greenwich in five minutes, and with an amazing view.http://youtu.be/PLAz1lM0zgs
You don't have to be a genius to know in advance that whatever else happens the first week, this cable car ride with its great views is going to be one of the early breakout hits of the Olympics, with every TV cameraman from around the world in London taking at least two trips across with one of their correspondents showing the folks back home the view from mid-air, to say nothing of the visitors and athletes themselves who will cross with their own video-cams in tow, and why not? But the queues will be long!!!
I expect that within a month from today, there will easily be at least 500 videos of the entire Thames crossing on YouTube.
And lest you forget, that's Greenwich as in Greenwich Mean Time -GMT- though during the summer up 'til late October, London is actually on BST, British Summer Time, where the living is easy. In any case, where time begins on this blue planet.
Olympic Torch Relay Day 29 Highlights - London 2012 Included Gateshead, Hadrian's Wall, Sunderland, Durham http://youtu.be/nZUOEPZTPVI
1,019 communities in 70 days:Monday is Day 31, with the Torch Relay in North Yorkshire, and starting in Middlesbrough and winding its way to Hull. 39 days untill the Olympic Games begin Friday July 27th.
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7001629133953783160&postID=2946762817853573856 Australia'sTEN 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
----- Official London 2012 Olympicswebsite: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
Sebastian Coe, Chair of theLondon 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
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
A year's progress at the Olympic Stadium