London Olympics

London Olympics

The XXX Olympic Games will be held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England. This will be the first city to host the Olympics three times, having played host in 1908 and 1948 respectively.

Olympic torch route

The Olympic torch was unveiled on 8 June 2011. The design resembles a gold mesh, and contains eight thousand holes representing the number of carriers and the travel distance in miles to the opening day (12,800 km). Triangular shape has several meanings: the Olympic values ​​of "respect, excellence and friendship", the Olympic motto "faster, higher, stronger", the number of times that the city has hosted the Olympic Games and the areas working in London in 2012: "sport, education and culture '. Its creators were Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby.

Logo and graphic design

The emblem of the games in the streets of London. The logo was unveiled on June 4, 2007 by the Olympic Committee and the ambassadors of the game. Represents the number "2012" and includes the Olympic rings and the word 'London'. Its modern design, displayed in pink, blue, green and orange means dynamism, and over time from submission to the opening day. Also symbolizes "the Olympic spirit and the willingness of the games to attract public participation." For the first time the logo has the same design for the Paralympics Games. Its creator was the brand consultancy Wolff Ollins.

The official mascots of the Olympic and Paralympics Games are Wenlock and Mandeville. They were created by the company Iris and delivered on May 19, 2010. According to the story both born of the drops falling steel construction of the last support beam of the Olympic Stadium in London.

Sports

The sporting event will be developed covering Olympic sports twenty-six thirty-nine disciplines. With respect to the previous edition, two sports are less with the removal of baseball and softball from the Olympic program. However, there will be some news: for the first time will take place in the women's boxing, also in cycling track the number of competitions for each gender shall be five, unlike Beijing where he had five for men and three for women, and tennis will be added in the mixed doubles competition.

Organization

The event organizers will be in charge of two entities: the Organizing Committee and the Project Office Olympics (ODA by its acronym in English). The Organizing Committee is responsible for planning, as well as raising the funds necessary to carry it out. It is also responsible for the execution of the opening and closing ceremonies, the Olympic torch relay, the participation of nonprofit organizations, promotion of pets and the festival in 2012. The committee chairman is former Olympic champion Sebastián Coe.

Project Office is responsible for carrying out the physical works necessary for the development of the Olympic Games, as well as transport and services for optimum performance. There is also support from other agencies: the Olympic Board which is responsible for coordination and inspection of the games, The Nation and Regions Groups, which will ensure the involvement of people in the UK in the games, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, which will ensure that Londoners benefit received from the event, the Department of Culture, Communications and Sports, in charge of finances and sponsorship games ODA, and the official sponsors of both international and UK.

Users

The medals were presented one year before the opening ceremony of the Games by Princess Anne in the UK and Sebastian Coe in Trafalgar Square. The medals have a circular shape and the obverse shows the goddess Nike appears to arise from the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The reverse shows a complex design whose background appears in the form of an amphitheater and the center shows the logo of the games, also contains a grid that evokes the "energy radiated by the athletes," the River Thames and the figure of a table draws attention to the center. The designer is the artist David Watkins.

The diameter of each coin is 85 mm with a thickness of 7 mm. At the edge will be recorded the names of the winning athletes with sport and discipline concerned. They will be the most influential in the history of the Games as they vary from 375 g to 400 g, although the material of the gold medals barely covers 1.3% of the metal, while 92.5% is silver. About 2,100 badges will be delivered during the games.