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Construction work is underway to deliver enhanced Rowing and Canoe Sprint facilities for the London 2012 Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today.

The Rowing and Canoe Sprint events during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place at the Eton College Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake near Windsor. Set in a 450-acre parkland, the venue currently consists of a 2,000-metre, 8-lane rowing lake, return lane and associated competition facilities.

The venue's existing facilities will be enhanced to provide improved facilities for athlete warm-up and Canoe Sprint events during the London 2012 Games. The venue was visited today to view the construction work underway on the enhanced facilities by Matt Smith Executive Director at the International Rowing Federation (FISA), Alison Nimmo ODA Director of Design and Regeneration, and Debbie Jevans Director of Sports at the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG).

Matt Smith, Executive Director at the International Rowing Federation (FISA) said: "Eton Dorney has already established itself as one of the best rowing courses in the world. It will be a great venue to host the Olympic and Paralympic events in 2012. It was good to visit the site again and to see construction work underway early-on. I look forward to seeing these enhanced facilities take shape in the run-up to 2012."

Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee said:
"Eton Dorney is a superb venue set in the heart of rowing country. These enhancements show our commitment to providing the best possible facilities at Games time, whilst avoiding spending unnecessary money on creating new venues. Eton Dorney is a world class venue that hosts elite level competition as well as community events, it is a venue of which we can all be proud."

Alison Nimmo, ODA Director of Design and Regeneration, said: "Eton College Rowing Centre is a first-class venue and the enhancements we are delivering will create the best possible facilities for the world's best athletes to use in 2012. The start of construction work at Eton Dorney is an important milestone and shows we are making good progress not just on the Olympic Park but across the 2012 project at venues around the country. These are essential works but we have organised our construction activity to minimise disruption to the regular users of Dorney Lake."

Ivor Lloyd, Managing Director at Eton College Rowing Centre, said: "We have a fantastic venue and the improved infrastructure will help optimise the showcasing of the event for the worldwide media coverage. In legacy there will be additional operational benefits for the venue by bringing us up to the latest design standard for an International course."
The construction of enhanced facilities at Dorney Lake includes:

- The installation of a new 50-metre span finish line bridge over a widened entrance to the return lane for two-way vehicular traffic and segregated pedestrian traffic

- Construction of a cut-through between the competition lake and the return lane, with a new bridge over the cut-through

- The upgrade of the existing gravel/stone access road up to the competition venue to facilitate construction works and for use during the Games

Construction work is now underway on site with a 50m temporary bridge now lifted into place to provide temporary access across the return lane. Work to demolish and remove the existing finish line bridge is also well underway and works to construct the new, enhanced finish line bridge is due to start on site next month. The Eton Dorney enhancement works are expected to be complete in Spring 2010.

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Centennial Olympic Park is where the 1996 Olympics were held and there’s still plenty to appreciate. During the winter season, from November 14 – January 31st, there’s an ice skating rink that’s available for open skate. There’s also the Ice Fishing Pass which allows you to visit the Georgia Aquarium and ice skate for under $30 – a great deal for families. From November 14- January 3rd there’s the annual Holiday in Lights display that is free to the general public. Take a stroll through the monumental park and admire some of the sparkly holiday cheer. Also in time for some holiday fun, the Atlanta Ballet is offering the Nutcracker from December 11 through the 27th.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Chinese students use flags to mimic Olympic rings during a celebration to mark 100 days until the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at Martin Place on April 30, 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
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2016 Olympics Stadium Report

Chicago has officially submitted its bid for the 2016 Olympics to the US Olympic Committee. At this juncture the plan emphasizes the economic feasibility of hosting the Olympics in the city, and most of the models are just placeholders for later designs. The plan is pretty much what one would expect: lots of pretty new buildings glimmering on the lakefront and not enough parking. The overall plan seems like a sensible one, although one could quarrel with the placement of some of the venues. For instance, do we really need a BMX arena on Northerly Island? Wouldn't some remote, dusty exurb be more appropriate? After all, that's where the sport originated. A lot of neighborhood activists have argued that the venues should be spread throughout the city--rhythm gymnastics in Bridgeport, anyone?--but the lakefront looks better on television, so that's where most of the action is going to be.

There's at least one venue that will not be on the lakefront: the main Olympic Stadium, which will be shoehorned into Washington Park. The current plan makes the stadium look like a gigantic Nike Town. The design features a protruding lip hanging over the stands to protect the judges and the luxury boxes; everyone else is left to get sunburned. This same protect the wealthy and throw everyone else to the elements approach has already appeared in the revamped Soldier Field. So far no one's really complained about it, but with the Bears' next 4 and 12 season the guys in the Urlacher jerseys aren't going to be so happy about having cold Lake Michigan winds blasting in their faces. (In case you're wondering why they don't use Soldier Field as the Olympic Stadium, by cramming the Death Star into the confines of the old Soldier Field the developers ensured that the stadium would be too small to function as an Olympic Stadium. It's also too small for a Super Bowl.)

I know the Olympic Stadium is supposed to be a temporary structure, but that doesn't mean it should look like they got the building supplies from Home Depot. Here's an idea for its architect, offered free of charge: Why not take advantage of the temporary nature of the stadium and create something truly soaring? It will all be dismantled by winter anyway. The other distinctive Olympic structure, the Olympic Village, recalls less the Olympic ideal of athletes from all over the world living together in peace than the gang-ridden horror story that was the Robert Taylor Homes, a public housing project that was once located nearby.

There are, of course, a million other details to work out, including actually landing the Olympics. Should the city be awarded the 2016 Olympics, watch for a fierce debate about how much of the design work should be awarded to local architects. Chicago has always prided itself on building great buildings, but it should also remember its past as the home of great architects.

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Assuming that Chicago wins the Olympic bid for 2016, the effects on the city as a whole would be many. The obvious effect would be seen in infrastucture. The proposed Olympic Village near the lakefront south of McCormick Place as well as any new venues built for the games, particularly the proposed changes to Washington Park as the location for the yet-unbuilt Olympic Stadium, would endure for decades to come as testament of the games. Were the city to gain the nomination it would receive federal funds which most likely would be diverted to the expansion of transportation infrastructure. While I am not aware of any pressing highway projects awaiting funding there is plenty of maintenance work to be done (especially if there are any winters such as this past one between here and 2016 that leave behind a glut of potholes). The rest of the transportation funds would likely go towards funding the CTA's pet projects as of this moment: the Circle Line, the Red Line extension and the Mid-City Transitway (all of which I've referenced earlier) as well as perhaps a new line connecting the Olympic Stadium to the Olympic Village to the Loop...or some other worthy project.

When looking for an Olympic host city from the 1970s on, I wanted to look for a city whose very image had been transformed as a result. Barcelona sprung to mind first but perhaps it was because I was only 6 at the time of the games. The articles I found talking about urban regeneration in Barcelona following the games were written in regards to the upcoming London 2012 Olympics. To me it never seemed as if the city of London was in any need of a makeover as far as image went and although London certainly has its dodgy areas (as every major city does) from my limited knowledge it does not seem as if London is in any dire need of urban renewal. Nevertheless the articles centered on the definite changes that Barcelona has undergone around its Olympic developments. What was once a dingy, unused port became the Olympic Village and is now an attractive neighborhood. However, Barcelona underwent a change that some Chicagoans fear will repeat itself. The cost of living in the city almost tripled following the games and many of its poorer inhabitants were priced out. The poor sections of the city of Chicago are already being squeezed out of the perfect city that some in power relentlessly market. The Olympics could cause some of that movement to increase.

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It’s already time to start thinking about the 2016 Olympics. Doha, the capital city of Qatar, has hired the a specialist sport, brand and communications consultancy Vero (who ran London 2012’ bid for the Olympic Games) to promote the city has the next host of the 2016 Olympic Games. Vero, which is part of the Edelman group, will pair up with PR company Burson-Marsteller in Doha’s bid to be the first Middle-eastern city to host the Games.
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Olympic medal count

Athletes from the big medal-producing countries at the Olympic Games–China, USA, and Britain–certainly deserve congratulations. But, to find countries that did really well, you have to look at the medal count relative to population. Here’s a graph showing exactly that: Interestingly, over half of this Top Ten list are post-colonial nations, from either the Soviet or British Empires
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Giorgio Di Centa Review

Giorgio Di Centa (born October 7, 1972) is an athlete from Italy. Giorgio Di Centa is competing for medals in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Olympic Cross Country Skiing. Find more Giorgio Di Centa news, pictures, and information here.

Event Schedule:
February 15 1:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 10 km Free (Medal Event)
February 15 2:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 15 km Free (Medal Event)
February 17 3:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic Qualification
February 17 4:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Individual Sprint Classic Qualification February 17 5:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic Quarterfinals
February 17 6:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Individual Sprint Classic Quarterfinals
February 17 7:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic Semifinals
February 17 8:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Individual Sprint Classic Semifinals
February 17 9:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic Finals (Medal Event)
February 17 10:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Individual Sprint Classic Finals (Medal Event)
February 19 11:45 AM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 15 km Pursuit (Medal Event)
February 20 12:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 30 km Pursuit (Medal Event)
February 22 1:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Team Sprint Free Semifinal 1
February 22 2:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Team Sprint Free Semifinal 2
February 22 3:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Team Sprint Free Semifinal 1
February 22 4:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Team Sprint Free Semifinal 2
February 22 5:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Team Sprint Free Final (Medal Event)
February 22 6:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Team Sprint Free Final (Medal Event)
February 24 7:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 4x10 km Relay Classic/Free (Medal Event)
February 25 8:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 4x5 km Relay Classic/Free (Medal Event)
February 27 9:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 30 km, Mass Start Classic (Medal Event)
February 28 10:45 PM Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 50 km, Mass Start Classic (Medal Event)