Wednesday, March 23, 2011

UNITED KINGDOM - 500 days before the London Olympics

The countdown has been launched for the London Olympics. A monumental clock was unveiled on Trafalgar Square on 14 March, 500 days before the opening of the competition. . The ceremony was attended by Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the organizing committee of the Olympics, Boris Johnson, mayor of the capital, and heptathlete Jessica Ennis.

The iron clock, measuring 6.5 meters and weighing 4 tons, was unveiled by the rowers Ady Pete Reed and Hodge, and sailors Ian Percy and Andrew Simpson. "Can you do better?" asks its readers the Daily Telegraph, launching a design competition to find a better design. The ceremony also marked the beginning of the sale of tickets for the Games.

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