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Demolition work starts on Olympic site

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Park today with the destruction of an old, disused sports hall on Eton Manor, watched by Sebastian Coe

land bridges to better connect Eton Manor with the surrounding area.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Award for Tweddle coach

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 DECEMBER 13 - AMANDA KIRBY, who guided gymnast Beth Tweddle to World Championship gold in October, was among the winners at the 2006 Coaching Awards in London today.

Guests at the award show included London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe.  



New report highlights youth wastage

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  NOVEMBER 29 - A REPORT published today says Britain is missing out on some of its brightest young sporting talent in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics because the youngest children in each school year are not being selected for teams and development programmes.

Cram said: "My former rivals, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, were born around the same time as me, in


Duchess of Cornwall visits equestrian venue

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  NOVEMBER 28 - HRH The Duchess Of Cornwall, patron of the British Equestrian Federation, visited Greenwich Park today and was shown around the Park which will be the controversial venue for equestrian and modern pentathlon at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and for equestrian in the Paralympic Games.

is an iconic venue, visually stunning, and will bring equestrian sport to the city," said Sebastian Coe


London unveils Paralympic plans

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  NOVEMBER 24 - LONDON 2012 today unveiled the venue plan for the Paralympic Games. The plan – which they claim is one of the most compact ever - lays out all the competition venues to be used for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

  Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic

compact Games ever, and it will minimise travel and any disruption to our Paralympic athletes," said Coe



Coe hits back at London critics

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  NOVEMBER 17 - SEBASTIAN COE (pictured) has today hit back at critics who have claimed that London


Top London officials visit Barcelona

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delegation of officials involved in organising the 2012 Olympics, including Tessa Jowell, Sebastian Coe

Coe, the chairman of LOCOG, told a public planning inquiry in May that this regeneration boom could be

infrastructure that was put in place in eight years that otherwise would have taken 50 to complete, Coe


Football clubs warned to get their boots on

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  NOVEMBER 16 - TIME is "rapidly running out" for a football club to stake their claim to move to the Olympic Stadium a fter the 2012 Games, a senior London official warned during a visit to Barcelona today.

use of the stadium was also discussed by the Olympic Board yesterday - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Coe said the board re-stated their position that any future use had to incorporate a major athletics

look at all sorts of supportive and creative streams of income and interest in that stadium," said Coe


Football clubs warned to get their boots on

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  NOVEMBER 16 - TIME is "rapidly running out" for a football club to stake their claim to move to the Olympic Stadium a fter the 2012 Games, a senior London official warned during a visit to Barcelona today.

use of the stadium was also discussed by the Olympic Board yesterday - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Coe said the board re-stated their position that any future use had to incorporate a major athletics

look at all sorts of supportive and creative streams of income and interest in that stadium," said Coe


Coe outlines training camp plan to African countries

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  NOVEMBER 9 - LONDON 2012 chairman, Sebastian Coe (pictured), used a trip to Malawi as an opportunity

  In a key note speech to the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Coe said

Coe said the initiative - the first of its kind by an Olympic Games host city organising committee -

not otherwise have the financial resources to be able to prepare their athletes for the 2012 Games,” Coe

Speaking in Africa for the first time since London 2012’s bid win last year, Coe outlined progress in

Coe said there was increasing support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be staged in Africa and


Coe says West Ham can have stadium - for £100m

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 NOVEMBER 5 - LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe has re-affirmed his promise to the IOC that the city's Olympic

chairman Jack Lemley claimed he resigned because of political squabbling and fears of spiralling costs, Coe

"We made a very strong commitment in Singapore that this would be a track-and-field legacy," Coe told

Asked about Lemley's predictions that the costs for the Olympics would spiral, Coe said it was "inevitable


London launch"green" transport policy

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Walking and cycling will be encouraged too, under plans announced today by Sebastian Coe, Ken Livingstone

And Coe, the London 2012 chairman, speaking as the Olympics Transport Plan goes out for consultation,


London honours controversial bid pledge

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 OCTOBER 23 - SEBASTIAN COE (pictured) announced today London 2012 will honour a controversial pledge

London 2012 Games to be the sporting experience of a lifetime for all competing athletes,” said Coe

last a lifetime and bring us all closer together through sport, in the true Olympic spirit,” Coe

competition and the importance of pre-Games training camps in helping athletes perform at their best, claimed Coe