The Gloriana on the final leg of its 70-day, 8,000-mile journey
around the United Kingdom ahead of the opening ceremony. The torch,
which has snaked its way through the UK and been seen by millions of
excited spectators, was taken down the Thames on the royal rowbarge. The
last torchbearer of the day was Amber Charles, 22, from Newham, east
London, who delivered London's Olympic bid in 2004. She carried the
flame to Tower Bridge before it was taken to City Hall,
Sticks in
my mind from that first view of the Olympics through the eyes of these
directors is not the heroics of Mark Spitz and Olga Korbut or even the
murder of the 11 Israeli athletes. It is the poetic agony of the unknown
Russian weightlifter and Swedish pole-vaulter who had trained for 10
years only to fail in 10 seconds.
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The
Olympics are about people who come from oblivion and, mostly, return
there after dedicating their lives to finding that extra nanosecond,
millimetre or gram that will make them the fastest, highest, strongest,
best in the world — and I was desperate to see this most exacting human
spectacle for myself.
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London 2012 Olympic Games All
Dates: July, 2012
Venue: Olympic Stadium, 2012 Olympic Park and Village, London, England.
Racing
into a 2-0 lead through Thiney's long-range effort into the top corner
and Delie's finish following a scramble from a corner. However, the US
rallied and were level just after the half-hour mark when Wambach headed
home from a corner before Morgan chipped in over French goalkeeper
Sarah Bouhaddi.
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participating athlete, judge and coach from the Host Nation stand on the
rostrum and, holding a corner of the IOC flag in their left hand and
raising their right, take the Oath, vowing to compete and judge
according to the rules of their respective sport,.
The Torch and Cauldron
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The big finale is the entrance of the
Olympic Flame into the Stadium. It is passed through the athletes to the
final Torchbearer, who will ceremoniously light the Cauldron,
indicating the beginning of the Games. The Flame will continue to burn
for the whole of the Games.
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world-class British directors and producers are leading the artistic
team to stage the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Performers
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total cast of 15,000 will take part in the London 2012 Opening and
Closing Ceremonies, which will be watched by an estimated audience of
four billion
Danny Boyle, Artistic Director of the London 2012
Olympic Opening Ceremony, said: ‘Our Isles of Wonder salutes and
celebrates the exuberant creativity of the British genius in an Opening
Ceremony that we hope will be as unpredictable and inventive as the
British people.