By Tom DegunIt is already well beyond doubt that London 2012 staged the most sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games in history. The key was putting sustainability at the heart of the Games from the very outset, from the construction of venues to the recycling of composite materials across the Olympic Park in Stratford.

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By Tom DegunIn the world of 21st century sport, technology is virtually everywhere and it is helping to move performance to levels that were almost unthinkable even 20 years ago.

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the idea of installing Stade de France-style retractable seating, which in that more clement economic climate

By Mike RowbottomIn the inky blackness of the Krasnaya Polyana mountains at night there is discernibly what looks at first glance like the constellation of the Plough. On second look, it is no such thing – merely a similar pattern of twinkling lights on a dormant crane.When daybreak arrives, the crane swings back into action as the remorseless business of transforming the landscape into one capable of hosting the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games continues. The organisers are not so much reaching for the stars – although, uniquely, their Torch Relay will reach outer space at one stage...

It has a unique sub-tropical climate, so in March and April you can come skiing here and still find people

wasn't the coldest city in the world, but I admit I was a little taken aback to find a humid subtropical climate

By Emily GoddardOctober 31 - Sir Keith Mills, the London 2012 deputy chairman, believes the business skills demonstrated in delivering this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games will help Britain's sports industry withstand the global economic downturn that has hit so many other sectors hard in recent years.

It is going to need to be, particularly in the current economic climate which I think might continue

by signing with US promoters Golden Boy or Britain's Frank Warren.It is true that today's economic climate

By Duncan MackaySeptember 25 - Sochi 2014 today marked 500 days until the start of the Winter Olympics by unveiling their official slogan, which is "Hot. Cool. Yours."

The climate is cold but the hospitality is warm.

local authorities have ultimate responsibility to protect the wider public and, in the current economic climate

Tony Jeffries, were not slow to discard headguards and vests.However, we are now in a changed economic climate

By David Gold at Club France in LondonAugust 15 - French Guiana has unveiled a project it hopes will encourage leading athletes and nations to base themselves in the region prior to the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympics in neighbouring Brazil.

With no time difference, a similar climate, European standard safety conditions and free access to sports

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonJuly 31 - The Foundation of Vladimir Potanin, chairman of the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) Supervisory Board, will award 20 scholarships to deserving students studying the new Master of Sport Administration (MSA) course.

Not only for its state-of-the-art campus, stunning location, and unique climate but also because of what

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonJuly 31 - The Foundation of Vladimir Potanin, chairman of the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) Supervisory Board, will award 20 scholarships to deserving students studying the new Master of Sport Administration (MSA) course.

Not only for its state-of-the-art campus, stunning location, and unique climate but also because of what

By Tom DegunIt was in July 2010 that Dow Chemical Company – an organisation with a heartfelt commitment to sustainability at its very core – signed to become a Worldwide Olympic Partner right through to 2020.

obviously different challenges with each Games – such as Summer and Winter Games because there is a climate

points will stay in legacy.Achieving our goal of using our association with London 2012 to help tackle climate