Thursday, 14 April 2011

London 2012 Olympics

With tickets now on sale and only 470 days to go to the London 2012 Olympics, here is a quick review of some of the key stadiums.

Hopkins Architects Velodrome will host Track Cycling and Paralympic Track Cycling. This was the first London Olympic venue to be officially handed over to the Olympic Delivery Authority.

The 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium by Populous Architects became the latest venue to be completed last month. The stadium will host the Athletics and Paralympic Athletics events at the London 2012 Games, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre will be the venue for Swimming, Paralympic Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and the Aquatics discipline of the Modern Pentathlon. It features a spectacular wave-like roof that is 160m long and up to 80m wide, giving it a longer single span than Heathrow Terminal 5.


roadcyclinguk's timelapse video of the Velodrome Olympic track being built

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