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Mayor of London thanks "invaluable" Games volunteers

  • London 2012

Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 6 - London Mayor Boris Johnson today thanked his Team

Arena - better known as the O2 but rebranded for the duration of the Games - where he said that the Team

Since the first of the Mayor's 8,000 Team London Ambassadors took to the streets on July 9, the volunteers

As a thank you for their work during the Games, every Team London Ambassador and 9,000 Games Makers have

been invited to attend Our Greatest Team parade, which will take place in central London on Monday (

GB and ParalympicsGB London 2012 victory paradeAugust 2012: Team GB and ParalympicsGB set for London


Hynd continues British medal rush in the pool

  • Swimming News

By Tom Degun at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 5 - Oliver Hynd stormed to Britain's sixth swimming gold medal of London 2012 Paralympics with a phenomenal win in the 200m individual medley SM8 in a night that saw the hosts claim another six medals here.

in a lively Aquatics Centre signalled the start of another medal rush for the ParalympicsGB swimming team

crown in dramatic duel in the pool against controversial rivalAugust 2012: Hynd brothers lead GB


Brown retains Paralympic archery gold with victory in all-British final

  • Archery News

By Tom DegunSeptember 4 - Danielle Brown retained her Paralympic archery title in stunning fashion today as she defeated compatriot Mel Clarke in a nail-biting all-British women's individual compound final that went down to the very last arrow at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.She subsequently won a gold medal in the Indian capital the women's team

place in the final, while Clarke swept away the challenge of Artakhinova 6-0 in three to set up the all-GB

Games experience has boosted my chances of glory at London 2012, says Danielle BrownAugust 2011: GB


Alan Hubbard: The BOA chair an obvious post-Games job opportunity for the overlord of the rings

  • Inside the Blogs

2012 cohorts to run a revamped BOA.All of which must be deeply unsettling for those in the current team

during the Games, particularly in orchestrating the facilities for the athletes and their families at Team

GB House.Team GB house was the place for the media to speak to the athletes, and for family, friends

and other teammates be part of the Team GB inner circleFrom a personal perspective I thought the BOA's

the award-winning Sussex businessman Richard Leman, an Olympic hockey gold medallist now President of GB


Five-star Freney leads Australian freestyle swim quartet to Paralympic glory

  • Swimming News

By David Gold at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 3 - Australia's Jacqueline Freney won her fifth gold medal in five days as she continues to dominate the London 2012 Paralympic action in the Aquatics Centre.

Freney (pictured top) led the Australian 4x100 metres freestyle relay team (pictured below, Freney on

crown in dramatic duel in the pool against controversial rivalAugust 2012: Hynd brothers lead GB


Wiggins primed to aid Cavendish quest for world road race crown after skipping time trial

  • Cycling

opted out of contesting the World Championship time trial later this month, but looks likely to help team-mate

Championships in Limburg, the Netherlands, from September 15 to 23.Britain will be able to field a full team

fortunate position of having a strong pool of riders across the board from which we can select the final team

nearer the time," said GB performance director Dave Brailsford.Mark Cavendish (foreground) will be bidding

Beijing 2008 gold medallist Nicole Cooke are all named in the long list as are the gold medal-winning team


Swimmer makes history as first intellectually disabled Briton to strike gold at London 2012 Paralympics

  • Swimming News

By Tom DegunSeptember 2 - Jessica-Jane Applegate has become the first British athlete to win gold in the intellectual disability class at London 2012 after she claimed victory in the women's 200 metres freestyle S14 final.

following a much-publicised cheating scandal at Sydney 2000 when several members of Spain's basketball team

freestyle crown in dramatic duel in the pool against controversial rivalAugust 2012: Hynd brothers lead GB


Coe welcomes three millionth London 2012 spectator to Olympic Park

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 1 - London 2012 chairman Seb Coe this morning met Lucy Fuller, the three millionth spectator to attend the Games at the Olympic Park.

by Coe (pictured above, left) including a signed commemorative book, a mascot and a Links of London Team

GB bracelet.Fuller was entering the Olympic Park with her family – father Chris who is a roofer, mother

Anna who is a teaching assistant and sister Abigail – when she was told by the ticket scanning team


Isle of Man appoints Chef de Mission for Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

By Duncan MackaySeptember 1 - The Isle of Man has appointed Tonia Lushington as its Chef de Mission for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, they have announced. 

Man, who made their debut at the British and Empire Games, as it was then, at Cardiff in 1958, sent a team

nbsp;Irish Sea and which has a population of 85,000.The most high-profile members of the Isle of Man team

cyclists.Mark Cavendish is the world road race champion while Peter Kennaugh was a member of the Team

GB pursuit team that won the Olympic gold medal at London 2012.It made him the first Manxman in

I like being part of a committed and efficient team and am fascinated by how the Commonwealth Games Movement


Britain's first Paralympic gold medallist lights cauldron as London 2012 opens

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium in LondonAugust 30 - Margaret Maughan, Britain's first ever Paralympic champion, lit the cauldron here tonight to mark the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games following an emotional and spectacular Opening Ceremony.

Torch to David Clarke, a visually impaired athlete competing in the ParalympicsGB five-a-side football team

Stadium and seated on the field of play while it concluded with a deafening roar for the ParalympicsGB team

, led round by wheelchair tennis star Peter Norfolk.Wheelchair tennis star Peter Norfolk leads Team GB


Andy Hunt: ParalympicsGB – our greatest teammates

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

GB is offering our full support to our good friends, colleagues and "Our Greatest Teammates" at ParalympicsGB.There

GB and ParalympicsGB under one banner – Our Greatest Team – with a shared sense of national pride and

GB and ParalympicsGB will join together for the Our Greatest Team Parade through the streets of London

Importantly, it also gives the members of Team GB and ParalympicsGB an opportunity to show their appreciation

at London 2012.Andy Hunt is the Team GB Chef de Mission and chief executive of the British Olympic Association


Andy Hunt: ParalympicsGB – our greatest teammates

  • Inside the Blogs

GB is offering our full support to our good friends, colleagues and "Our Greatest Teammates" at ParalympicsGB.There

GB and ParalympicsGB under one banner – Our Greatest Team – with a shared sense of national pride and

GB and ParalympicsGB will join together for the Our Greatest Team Parade through the streets of London

Importantly, it also gives the members of Team GB and ParalympicsGB an opportunity to show their appreciation

at London 2012.Andy Hunt was the Team GB Chef de Mission at London 2012 and chief executive of the British


Taiwan unveils innovative cycling exhibition in London

  • Cycling

By David Gold at Westfield London Shopping CentreAugust 28 - Taiwan has unveiled a showcase of innovative sports and leisure products which will be on display in the Atrium at the shopping centre here in Shepherd's Bush for the next four days.

Following a hugely successful Olympic Games and an outstanding performance by Team GB, Britain has proved


GB receive quintessentially British welcome to London 2012 Paralympic Village

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David Gold at the Paralympic Village in LondonAugust 28 - ParalympicsGB have been given a warm welcome into the Paralympic Village with a performance from the National Youth Theatre which celebrated the country's proud heritage.

The 301-strong team, led into the Village Plaza by Chef de Mission Craig Hunter, were given a lively

diversity," Paul Roseby, the artistic director of the National Youth Theatre and the director of the Team

Every member of my village team will do what it takes to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable, and

We had virtually all of our team present – that was a special and quite unique moment."

I have heard nothing but the athletes saying 'It is the best Team Welcome Ceremony ever'."