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London 2012: Olympic medals

Friday, July 29, 2011

Thickness: 7mm Diameter : 85mm Weight: 400gQuantity: -- Designer : David WatkinsThe biggest Summer Olympics medals to date. Artist...

3 former Olympians from region have big ambitions again

Sunday, July 24, 2011

To East St. Louisan Dawn Harper, a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics meant a hometown street renamed in her honor, a relatively cavernous two-bedroom apartment compared to the one she and her husband had been scrunched into in Los Angeles, and a simple sense of "look what I...

Phelps set for seven events at worlds

Michael Phelps is anguished no more. After a frustrating year marked by losses, lack of motivation and fitness, and indecision about his future in the pool, the 14-time Olympic champion is happy to be...

Olympics 2012: Cultural events mark countdown in Wales

Wales' countdown to the Olympics is starting with events marking a year-long run-up to the London Games. A cultural Olympiad by heritage body Cadw hosts projects across north Wales, including a celebration...

London 2012 Olympics

The last time the Olympics came to London, in 1948, Britain was building a welfare state. Sixty-three years later they are knocking it down. In this brazenly market-driven and self‑preserving phase of...

London 2012 shops

You can buy London 2012 merchandise from our official London 2012 online shop. London 2012 shops are also located in: Terminal 5 (airside)Heathrow AirportTel: 020 8283 7727Opening hours: Mon-Sun, 5.30am-10pm. St...

Open Weekend begins and Test Events continue

Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Edwards (centre left) stands next to Olympic mascot Wenlock and Pineapple Dance Studios founder Debbie Moore OBE (centre right) during a class at the Pineapple Dance Studios...

London 2012 film sets new Guinness World Record

The Tate Movie Project’s 'The Itch of the Golden Nit' has entered the record books ahead of being screened across the UK to celebrate Open Weekend 2011A part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the...