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London 2012 Olympic Countdown
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China will send a team of 396 athletes to the London Olympics, well down on the 639 athletes they were represented by in Beijing 4 years ago.
Their potential for medal success is hardly diminished though and 29 of their gold medalists from 2008 will be back seeking a repeat success in London.
Official team uniforms of the Chinese team:
Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs have released their predictions of medal totals per country at the London Olympics. Most prediction tables have Ireland down as winning 2 medals, one of which are gold, but this latest forecast gives a more positive outcome for the Irish team. This forecast sees Ireland with a return of 1 gold and 4 medals in total.
The report also predicts that Britain will finish 3rd in the table with 30 golds amongst their medal haul and the U.S.A. are forecast to win most golds and most medals, overhauling China as the leading nation.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to many of the parameters they have set out in their model...essentially based on econometrics and of course these forecasts have little relevance in the heat of competition but they sometimes make for interesting reading anyway.
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A walkway connecting West Ham station with the Olympic park has been opened. Spectators footsteps will generate energy to light the pathway on the temporary bridge from the Olympic park to West Ham station:
Elsewhere, team officials from various countries have been filtering into the Olympic village, collecting useful knowledge of the venue ahead of the athletes arrival. The village will be officially opened to the athletes on July 15th.0 -
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Ian Millar (Equestrian):
The official opening of the 2012 London Olympics is now just a mere fortnight away. The mixture of excitement and nerves must be really building now for all involved.
One man who knows a thing or two about Olympic preparations is Canadian showjumper Ian Millar. The 65-year-old will set the record this year for the most Olympic appearances. London will bring up a remarkable 10th appearance at the Olympic Games for Millar and it would likely have been 11 by now had Canada not boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games.
Millar first competed in the global showpiece all the way back in Munich in 1972 and had to wait until Beijing in 2008 before he tasted medal success, when he won silver as part of the Canadian showjumping team.
He currently holds the record for most Olympic participations along with Austrian sailor Hubert Raudascal (1964-1996, 2 silvers) and as Millar has been included in the Canadian equestrian team for 2012, he should surpass that total in London barring any mishaps.
Latvian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins at the age of 61 will compete in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol in London, his 9th Olympic Games.
Interestingly, until the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, a pair of Italian brother equestrian riders held the record for most appearances, both appearing 8 times each and both in all of the Games between 1948-1976. Both won 6 medals a-piece too!!
Here are those at the top of the most Olympic participations table:
Competitor|Sport|Appearances|Medals Won
Ian Millar (Canada)|Equestrian|9 (10 in London)|0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze
Hubert Raudascal (Austria)|Sailing|9|0 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze
Raimondo d'Inzeo (Italy)|Equestrian|8|1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze
Piero d'Inzeo (Italy)|Equestrian|8|0 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
Paul Elvstrom (Denmark)|Sailing|8|4 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze
Duward Knowles (Bahamas (7) & Great Britain (1))|Sailing|8|1 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze
Afanasijs Kuzmins (Latvia (5) & Soviet Union (3))|Shooting|8 (9 in London)|1 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze
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Excitement is really building now, just 12 days to go until the Opening Ceremony and in fact it's a mere 10 days until the first action of the Games takes place....the women's football tournament gets underway on Wednesday, July 25th, 2 days before the official opening of the Olympics. Great Britain vs New Zealand in the women's football tournament will be the first action of 2012 Olympic competition, taking place at the Millenium Stadium at 4pm, July 25th.
Some of the Irish athletes have already arrived at the Olympic village accreditation centre...canoe slalom competitors Hannah Craig and Eoin Rheinisch arrived in London this evening. In fact they will head up to the appartments at the Olympic Council canoe slalom apartments at the Olympic Canoe Centre in Broxbourne to continue their preparations.
The Olympic village officially opens to welcome the athletes tomorrow and shooter Derek Burnett and Irish shooting team manager Kevin Kilty will be the first of the Irish team to check into the village tomorrow.
http://www.olympicsport.ie/news/5693-olympic-village-environment.html
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Another day closer and tomorrow the final ring in our countdown clock will begin to be filled in.
Today Heathrow Airport welcomed floods of athletes from across the globe as we enter into the final stretch to the start of the Games. The Olympic priority lanes have been utilised too for the first time, transporting athletes and officials to the Olympic park by the most efficient means possible.
Athletes and officials arriving at Heathrow:
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First we saw pictures of a giant set of rings sailing down the River Thames:
Then followed sights such as these:
Olympic Rings on Tower Bridge:
Giant set of Olympic rings in Kew Gardens:
Olympic rings at Richmond Park:
But those are nothing compared to the newest set of Olympic rings to spring up on the British landscape.....
A giant set of Olympic rings has been projected onto the iconic white Cliffs of Dover and will remain for the duration of the Games.
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The Games of the XXX Olympiad are now a mere 7 days away and the Olympic flame has arrived in London ahead of next Friday's Opening Ceremony. The torch will touch down at the Tower of London via helicopter and will spend the night in the high-security building. This kicks off a week long tour of the capital, with the flame travelling through each of London's 33 boroughs.
Elsewhere, preparations for the Opening Ceremony are in full swing with organisers putting the final touches to the set and frantic dress rehearsals taking place. Here are some of the latest pics of the Olympic stadium:
Work is also taking place around the Olympic park to put the finishing touches in place:
Workers preparing lawns in Olympic park:
Finally, here is a pic of Irish Trap shooter Derek Burnett training at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, the venue for the Olympic shooting competition.
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