The City of London: London is the capital of the United Kingdom. This city is one of the largest global cities for its involvement in education, entertainment, media, fashion, business, politics, and arts. In finance, London has a renowned place in world. London is also one of the largest and most populous cities in Europe. The city is located on the shores of Thames River. Albert Memorial, British Library, London Dungeon, Madame Tussaud's, London Eye, Tower Bridge, Millennium Dome, Greenwich Observatory, and St. Pauls are some important landmarks in London.
The Thirtieth Modern Olympics: The 2012 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad. The Summer Games will be held in London, in the year 2012. London will be the first city to host the modern Olympics thrice. Along with London, eight more cities had submitted bid to host the thirtieth Olympics. The cities were Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. On 6th July, 2005, the final selection was announced and it was decided that London will be the host of 2012 Summer Games. In the closing ceremony of Beijing Summer Games on Aug 24, 2008, Mayor of Beijing, Guo Jinlong, handed over the flag to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge. The President then entrusted the official flag to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, before it was shifted to London to be hoisted at the city's main municipal building.
Interestingly, England is not represented as a country in the Summer Games; it is the team of Great Britain that takes part in Summer Games. This is because, England is not recognised as a country by the IOC. London will be hosting the Games as a British city and it is the government and tax payers of the United Kingdom who pay to host the games.
Venue: The thirtieth Summer Games will be held in the year 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium in London. The stadium is located in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley. The London Olympic Stadium will have a capacity to hold approximately 80,000 spectators.
Events: There will be 300 events in 26 sports in the Thirtieth Summer Games in 2012. The events included in the schedule are archery, athletics, baseball, basketball, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.
