Sunday, February 13, 2011

Paralympic Games 2012 London, United Kingdom


XIV Paralympic Games
XIV Paralympic Games
Host cityLondon, United Kingdom
Nations participatingTBD
Athletes participatingTBD
EventsTBD in 21 sports
Opening ceremony29 August
Closing ceremony9 September
Officially opened byTBD
StadiumLondon Olympic Stadium
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IPC logo (2004).svg 2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games. There will be 1.6 million tickets available for the various events with a predicted sell-out rate of 63%.
In their evaluation report, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) states that "With its rich history, the capacities of UK Paralympic Sport are among the best in the world."
Even though 2012 will be London's third Olympic Games, it will be the firstParalympic Games to be staged there, as the event was created after the last time the city hosted in 1948.

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[edit]Venues

Main article: Venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics
The Olympic Stadium under construction in July 2010
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will use a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade.
The majority of venues have been divided into three zones within Greater London: the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone. In addition to these are those venues that, by necessity, are outside the boundaries of Greater London, such as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the Isle of Portland in Dorset which will host the sailing events, some 125 miles (200 km) southwest of the Olympic Park. The football tournament will be staged at several grounds around the UK.[1]
Of the twenty paralympic sports, nine sports will be played in London's Olympic Park which will be built specifically for the Olympic and Paralympic games.[2] The ExCeL Centre will host a further six sports. The shooting events will be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, the road cycling atRegent's Park in central London, and the rowing at Dorney Lake.[3] Greenwich Park will host the equestrian events.[4] Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy will host the sailing events.[5]

[edit]Sports

The London Paralympics will be the first Games since the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in which athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID) will be authorised to compete following a decision by theInternational Paralympic Committee in 2008.[6] Athletics, swimming and table tennis will include events with an ID classification.[7][8]
Twenty sports are on the programme[9]:

[edit]Calendar

As of December 27, 2010 with the days each sport will be contested on known.[9]
 ● Opening ceremony   Event competitions ● Event finals ● Closing ceremony
August / September 201229
Wed		30
Thu		31
Fri		1
Sat		2
Sun		3
Mon		4
Tue		5
Wed		6
Thu		7
Fri		8
Sat		9
Sun		Gold
medals
 Archery9
 Athletics166
 Boccia7
 Cycling50
 Equestrian11
 Football 5-a-side1
 Football 7-a-side1
 Goalball2
 Judo13
 Powerlifting20
 Rowing5
 Sailing3
 Shooting12
 Swimming148
 Table tennis29
 Volleyball2
 Wheelchair basketball2
 Wheelchair fencing12
 Wheelchair rugby1
 Wheelchair tennis6
Total gold medals500
Cumulative Total
Ceremonies●●
August / September 201229
Wed		30
Thu		31
Fri		1
Sat		2
Sun		3
Mon		4
Tue		5
Wed		6
Thu		7
Fri		8
Sat		9
Sun		Gold
medals

[edit]Mascots

Main article: Wenlock and Mandeville
Wenlock and Mandeville
The official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled on 19 May 2010;[10] this marks the second time (after Vancouver) that both Olympic and Paralympic mascots were unveiled at the same time. Wenlock and Mandeville are animations depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks in Bolton.[10] They are named Wenlock, after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock, which held a forerunner of the current Olympic Games, and Stoke Mandeville, a town in Buckinghamshire where the Paralympic Games were first held.;[10] The writer Michael Morpurgo wrote the story concept to the mascots, and an animation was produced;[11] it is intended that this will form part of an ongoing series concerning the mascots in the run-up to the Games in 2012.[10]

[edit]Partners

To help fund the cost of the games the London 2012 Organizing Committee have agreed partnership deals with major companies.Sainsbury's, the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, is the first partner to sign as a Paralympics-only sponsor, and it is the largest sponshorship of the Paralympics signed in the history of the Games.[12] Other "Tier One" partners already announced for both the Paralympics and the Olympics include adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF Energy and Lloyds TSB. "Tier Two" supporters already announced include Adecco, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS.[13] "Tier Three" partners include German prostheticscompany Otto Bock that becomes the second Paralympic-only sponsor.[14]

[edit]Ticketing

Organisers estimate that some 1.5 million tickets would be available for the Paralympic Games.[15] Ticket sign-up was launched on 22 March 2010 and all tickets will go on sale to the public on September 9, 2011. Ticket prices will be announced in May, 2011.[16][17] It is estimated that 63% of Paralympic tickets will be sold. There will also be free events: for example, the marathon, and road cycling.[18]

[edit]Broadcasting

[edit]Paralympic flag

The Paralympic flag was raised outside City Hall on Friday, 26 September 2008 to celebrate the start of the cultural Paralympiad. The flag will continue to fly outside City Hall until 2012. On the same day the Olympic flag was raised outside City Hall.[20]

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