Rebecca Adlington: new face of Speedo

With the 2012 London Olympics fast approaching, everyone seems to be talking about everything and anything in relation to the Olympic stars.
A recent article in the telegraph, wrote how "Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington will be unveiled as the new face of Speedo, the world's largest swimwear brand, on Thursday in a sponsorship deal that should keep her in Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin shoes all the way to London 2012."

Speedo have built a brand which not only caters for swimwear lovers, but for swimming lovers, who strive for maximum performance in the water. If its good enough for Rebecca Adlignton, its good enough for us!

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London 2012 Olympics, British diver Tom Daley is the primary reason

London 2012 Olympics, British diver Tom Daley is the primary reason for the party after receiving his exam results.

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Olympic Games medal hope with this training is a combination of education, and came away with an 'A*' grade and two 'B' grades from his end-of-year exams.

Daley, 17, finished the year with a level of photography and he will during his education in mathematics and Spanish at the Olympic run through the module will be completed.

Daley tweeted, "Ok got the results!!!! Maths B, Spanish A and Photography A* :) gonna retake one of my maths modules but kinda happy :)"

Daley combines study with training on what his headmaster at Plymouth College describes as a ""a flexible academic programme to fit in with his various commitments".

Young and his team mate Pete Waterfield at the World Aquatics Championships last month I was out disappointing, finishing sixth in the 10m synchro platform competition.

Daley himself in equal fifth place just can not manage alone.

Daley said, "I'm pretty pleased to have finished fifth. There were a number of world class divers out there tonight who were all diving amazingly.

"I think my consistency has improved here and my new armstand dive was pretty good today and I'm pleased with this.

"The London Olympics really excites me and I can't wait to have the opportunity to compete in front of that home crowd. The World Series in Sheffield was amazing because of the crowd and there were only 600 people there and it'll be incredible when we have thousands in London."

London Olympic Games organizers to change the Olympic test event

Horse Guards Parade in London Olympic Games organizers to change the Olympic test event before dark beach volleyball match on Tuesday night to end.

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Organisers said: "We feel this is a sensible and pragmatic approach given recent events in London".

Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson said the beach volleyball in the security review was supported by Downing Street.

Robertson said, "We looked at the policing numbers and the fact that this part of London is quite well policed anyway and the active policing of the venue was being provided by private security firms".

10pm last night on organizers of the competition scheduled to end at 7.15pm rather than brought in three matches.

London 2012 Olympics a year with facts and figures

London 2012 Olympics a year with facts and figures to:

_ Olympics run from July 27 to Aug. 12, 2012.

_ 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries.

_ 5,000 officials and coaches.

_ 20,000 broadcast and print media.

_ 26 sports in 32 venues.

_ Local organizing committee: LOCOG.

_ LOCOG chairman: Sebastian Coe.

_ Public sector budget: 9.298 billion pounds ($15 billion).

_ LOCOG's private operating budget: 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion).

_ Mascots: Wenlock (Olympics) and Mandeville (Paralympics).

_ Olympic Park: 2.5-square-kilometer (1-square-mile) site in Stratford, East London.

_ 5 new permanent Olympic Park venues: Olympic Stadium, aquatics center, velodrome, handball arena, international broadcast/main press center.

_ 2 temporary Olympic Park venues: basketball arena, hockey center.

_ Olympic Village: residential blocks on edge of Olympic Park, providing new homes and school and medical facilities after the games.

_ Other venues include:

Wembley Stadium (soccer)

Wembley Arena (badminton, rhythmic gymnastics)

Wimbledon (tennis), Lord's (archery)

Horse Guards Parade (beach volleyball)

Hyde Park (triathlon, open water swimming)

Earls Court (volleyball) Greenwich Park (equestrian)

ExCel (boxing, fencing, table tennis, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting)

North Greenwich Arena (gymnastics, basketball)

Weymouth (sailing)

Eton Dorney (rowing).

Tokyo hopes a bid for the 2020 Olympics

Tokyo hopes that a bid for 2020 Olympics March 11 earthquake and tsunami recovery in Japan will serve as a signal.

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Japanese Olympic officials on Saturday, the Tokyo 2020 bid will be officially revealed at a press conference is scheduled.

Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda Kyodo news agency said, "we believe the Olympics will aid in the recovery and reconstruction of this country, and we want to help create a new Japan for the future, for our children."

Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro hosted the race to lose.

March 11 earthquake and tsunami killed about 23,000 or left missing in northeastern Japan.

Britain at the 2012 London Olympics has increased funding for our team

Britain at the 2012 London Olympics has increased funding for our team, player of the spending is falling slightly from Beijing.

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British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt announced on Tuesday that 21 million to $ 550 on home soil will be spent on players.

U.S. $ 41,200 to $ 38,000 per player from the 2008 championship game works out.

Britain finished fourth in the standings is to medal in Beijing.

Hunt says "we have to recognize that maintaining that fourth place in the medal table is going to be very, very tough."