Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Paralympics[a] were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Committee shortlisted five of them—London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris—from which London eventually prevailed; thus becoming the first city to host the Olympic Games for a third time.[1] The bidding process for the 2012 Olympics was considered one of the most hotly contested in the history of the IOC.[2] Paris was seen by some as the front-runner for much of the campaign,[3] but skillful lobbying by London's supporters and an inspirational final presentation by Sebastian Coe led to the success of its bid.[1] Madrid was regarded as one of the favourites but did not receive enough votes to surpass Paris and London.[4] The fact that Spain hosted the Olympics in 1992 was a major detriment to Madrid's bid.
Bidding process[edit] Since 1999, the process has consisted of two phases. Evaluation of applicant cities[edit] Bids for Olympic Games. National Olympic Committees select from within their national territory cities to put forward bids to host an Olympic Games. The staging of the Paralympic Games is automatically included in the bid.[1] Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully appropriated the name of the Ancient Greek Olympics to create a modern sporting event, interested cities have rivalled for selection as host of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. What follows is a list of the cities that have bid to host any of the Summer and Winter Olympics. 50 cities (including repeats) have been chosen to host the Olympics since their "rebirth"; two in Eastern Europe, five in East Asia, one in South America, two in Oceania and the remainder in Western Europe and North America.
No African, Central American, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, or South Asian city has ever been chosen to host an Olympics. IOC – IPC co-operation[edit] Summer Olympics bids[edit] Winter Olympics bids[edit] Www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jul/28/london-2012-olympics-ecuador-shooter?newsfeed=true. Spectators watch as competitors participate during the women's 10m air rifle qualification competition at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Hello, then: and also goodbye.
For Sofia Padilla of Ecuador the London Olympics of 2012 lasted roughly an hour, or in effect about 20 minutes of live competition. If anybody can claim to be the first athlete eliminated from these London Games it is perhaps Padilla, in a close-run thing with Sneh Rana of Nepal, both of whom trailed in at the bottom of the card in the women's 10m air rifle at Woolwich's spectacularly ethereal shooting arena. The shooting began on time at 8.15am, the first event of the opening post-ceremony day. "I am so happy, I feel so proud," Padilla said afterwards.
Padilla will now stay on to watch her fellow competitors in the rest of the shooting card at Woolwich ("This is my only ticket," she said, holding up her competitor accreditation). Olympics-A tale of two London shopping malls. LONDON Aug 7 It's been the best of times and the worst of times for two shopping malls on opposite sides of London. At the new Westfield Stratford City bordering the Olympic Park in east London, business has boomed during the 2012 Games, so much so it had to limit access at the weekend.
But across town at Westfield in west London, poor sales and a lack of shoppers reflect many areas of the capital not connected to the Olympics where there are worries they will not benefit from the July 27-Aug. 12 Games and may even be hurt by them. Economist Nouriel Roubini, dubbed "Dr Doom" for anticipating the 2008 financial crisis, made his prediction early. "The Olympics are an economic failure," he wrote on Twitter. "London is totally empty, a zombie city. " Not at Stratford City. Some of the shopping centre's shops have seen more than 50 percent more customers since the Olympics began, a spokeswoman for consumer behaviour analyst Experian said. "We're selling about 500 burgers a day. The big build | Building London 2012.
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London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. London 2012 was the successful bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London with most events taking place in Stratford in the borough of Newham. The British Olympic Association had been working on the bid since 1997, and presented its report to government ministers in December 2000. Following three consecutive unsuccessful UK bids to host summer Olympic Games (Birmingham for 1992 and Manchester for 1996 and 2000), the decision was made to bid with London, given the clear indication that it was the only UK city that had a chance of being selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when put up against other world cities in a competitive bidding process.[1] On 6 July 2005 at its 117th Session in Singapore, the IOC awarded London the right to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
The city beat the favorite Paris 54 to 50 on the fourth and final ballot. London is the first city to host the Games three times.[2] Sporting venues[edit] Olympic Zone[edit] River Zone[edit]