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Two years until the 2012 closing ceremony of the London Olympic and Paralympic games
Posted on 8.09.2010 by Bruce Shu
Inscrutable London The Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games closed two years ago in Beijing. For China, the Olympic motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius – provided messages that extended far beyond the realm of sport. If there’s one thing the Chinese do well, it’s saying things in different ways to different…
Two years today until the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games
Posted on 8.09.2010 by Unknown User
So two years from now, it will all be over – the Games at least. The athletes, media, visitors and sponsors will all have left East London, and the focus will shift to the legacy of London’s Games. Can London deliver where Athens and Beijing (albeit less spectacularly) failed, namely…
Would Brown have won the 2012 Olympics for London?
Posted on 7.09.2010 by Unknown User
Grayling, working in collaboration with the Centre for Future Studies, has investigated the factors that contributed to successful bids by London for 2012 and Rio for 2016 for the Summer Olympics Games. The findings, which are published today, show that a strong technical bid is not sufficient to win the…