OLYMPIC GAMES The five rings represent the five

OLYMPIC GAMES The five rings represent the five continents

Types of Olympic Games • Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games • Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Olympic Logo The logo represents the number 2012 with the five Olympic rings inside the zero. It may have different colours.

The London Olympic Mascot • The two mascots are two drops of steel used to make the Olympic stadium. • They are called Wenlock and Mandeville. • They both show the 2012 Logo and the Olympic rings (the bands)

London 2012 medallist • First prize (winner): gold medal • Second prize: silver medal • Third prize: bronze medal

Olympics in London • 1908 • 1948 • 2012

The Torch Relay It is a symbol of peace and friendship. It is lit in Olympia and it will arrive in London on May 18 th. The relay will start in Cornwall on 19 th May. It will get to the Olympic Stadium on the 27 th July for the opening ceremony.

Numbers of the Torch Relay • 1, 018 towns and villages • 8, 000 miles • 8, 000 torchbearers • 70 days

The torch relay song Spinning for 2012 Soul singer Dionne Bromfield Rapper Tinchy Stryder

Sports • • • 26 sports 39 disciplines 208 events 208 nations 10, 500 athletes

Venues • • • Basketball Arena BMX Circuit Aquatics Centre Copper Box London Velodrome Riverbank Arena Olympic Stadium Water Polo Arena Eton Manor

Aquatics Center 192 events: diving, swimming, synchronised swimming, paralympic swimming and modern pentathlon

Olympic Stadium • Olympic and Paralympic Athletics events (altogether 208) • Opening and Closing ceremonies. • 2017 World Championships in Athletics. • 80, 000 seats

Copper Box • handball, and the fencing discipline of Modern Pentathlon • to build it they have used recycled copper

Basketball Arena • Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby and the final stages of the Handball • It will be taken down after the Games and the materials will be recycled • To accommodate the athletes, all the venue’s doors are 2. 4 m high.

Some competitions will take place in the heart of London • The Mall • Horse Guards Parade • Hyde Park

Hyde Park • Thriatlon and Marathon Swimming • The largest of London’s Royal Parks • Hyde Park has been open to the public since 1637. • In Hyde Park there are 4, 000 trees. • It is famous for Speakers’ Corner

The Mall • The Mall lies in the heart of London, and runs from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square. • Competitions: Marathon and Race Walk (Athletics), Roadcycling and Paralympic Marathon.

Horse Guards Parade • Beach Volley • A temporary arena will be built with sand brought in to create London’s very own 'beach’. • Tournaments were held at the site in the time of Henry VIII • Horse Guards Parade lies at the heart of Whitehall, the political centre of the UK.

Glossary – Olympic Games (the Olympics): an international multi-sport event that takes place every four years – Paralympic Games (the Paralympics): the Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; – Relay: a race between two or more teams where each member of the team does part of the race and then another member continues. The Olympic Games Torch Relay is not a race and, when the last torchbearer arrives at the Olympic Stadium, the games officially begin. – Torchbearer: a person who carries the Olympic torch – Logo: a symbol that represents an organization or company – Mascot: an animal, person, or object that is thought to be lucky or that is used as a symbol of a team or organization.