4 days ago

olympicmedals asked: Immediately following the close of the Beijing Olympics 2008, Oxford educated London Mayor Boris Johnston delivers a typically funny but characteristically English speech to herald the coming of the games to the UK in 1432 days. Mark

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5 days ago by sallylester

We’re all used to seeing urban foxes and our fair share of feathered friends on the streets of London. They seem to have adapted to city life without much effort but as building for London 2012 continues to spread like wildfire over East London the question has to be asked… Where do the former inhab ...

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6 days ago by Nestor

En general, los famosos tours urbanos o city tours no son excursiones que emprendemos al llegar a una ciudad que no conocemos, pues se trata de paseos muy fugaces, que no llegamos a conocer ni disfrutar casi nada. Sin embargo, podemos organizar una serie de recorridos en autobs programados por nosot ...

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7 days ago by admin

iaaf.org – After 25 international seasons Plätzer shows how to end a career on a high . The culmination of 25 international seasons has left Kjersti Plätzer drained but satisfied, upon retaining her IAAF Race Walking Challenge title. “I’m, empty but very relieved.” said the 37-year-old Norwegian a w ...

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9 days ago by James Kennell

Along with two colleagues, Elizabeth Booth and Charles Bladen, I have edited a collection of papers from our Olympic Legacy conference held last year at the University of Greenwich. The collection contains seven substantial, refereed papers on Olympic legacy issues, including information about Londo ...

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11 days ago by Manchester Mouth

Aileen McGlynn has broken her own world record at the UCI Para-Cycling World Championships in Manchester.

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15 days ago by RedactorD

Un coleccionista que juntó 5.000 preservativos distribuidos gratuitamente entre los atletas cuando concluyeron los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín en 2008, subastará el lote. Zhao Xiaokai, aprovechó 5.000 unidades que quedaron de un total de 100.000 distribuidos. La colección será subastada y el precio in ...

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16 days ago by Jonathan Sacks

The words “leftover” and “condoms” are not typically combined to start a sales stampede, but one Chinese collector of Olympic memorabilia is hoping he will be able to unload his 5,000 condoms from the 2008 Olympics at an auction. 100,000 condoms were distributed during the games, with this guy someh ...

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16 days ago by Ken

Despite the hype spewed forth by the IOC and politicians as to the tourism benefits arising from hosting the Olympics, the reality is in fact very different. That at least is the view of the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA). The association have issued a report that states that the London ...

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25 days ago by elaprendizdeturista

A lo largo de la historia reciente de los Juegos Olímpicos se ha comprobado a partir de los numerosos estudios realizados que este tipo de evento consigue transformar el lugar dónde se desarrolla. Tampoco tiene discusión su impacto en términos turísticos, tanto durante los juegos como en los años po ...

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