By Allan Dowd and Nicole Mordant
So you are looking ahead to Friday's start of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and you think to yourself: "Hey, how can I make some quick bucks on the stock market from this thing?"
Welcome to the Olympic freestyle
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British record holder Greg Rutherford has promised to go even further in 2010 but acknowledges he needs to add more medals to his resume.
Rutherford leapt to a personal best of 8.30 metres last season, erasing British rival Chris Tomlinson from th
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Home advantage at London 2012 is expected to guarantee British success - the combination of home crowds and familiarity with conditions is supposed to ensure a bulging medal haul.
The English Institute of Sport is not so sure however.
The Sheff
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Throughout 2009, Triggs-Hodge and Reed turned their attentions to the pair and made a flying start by collecting World Cup gold in Banyoles last May.
But from then on they consistently came out second best to New Zealand pair Eric Murray and Hamis
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Leaders of the arts festival planned for the 2012 Olympics have abandoned the name 'Cultural Olympiad' because it is too hard for people to understand.
Tony Hall, head of the Royal Opera House and chair of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad board,
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A ripple of applause went round the Ponds Forge diving pool as Tom Daley hit the water during his training session in Sheffield.
It was not his best entry. It was pretty splashy by the world champion's standards. But the dizzying blur of twists an
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International handball action is set to come to Great Britain later this year after the draw for the 2012 Mens European Championships gave GB the right to host their group matches.
Great Britain will play Estonia, Cyprus and Bulgaria over three
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The House of Lords Appointment Commission has today announced Tanni Grey-Thompson as a new cross-bench non-party-political peer.
As one of the most successful and renowned athletes in the world, Tanni will have a significant impact on House discus
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Applicants for the Fighting Chance talent campaign, launched in October 2009 by Sport Taekwondo UK and the UK Talent Team (UK Sport & EIS), have discovered within the last seven days if their quest to win Olympic gold for Britain at London 2012 is st
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Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison, of the Metropolitan Police, said the number of officers he would like to have on the streets of London in a single day would be a third more than the Notting Hill Carnival.
He insisted he wants the Olympics to
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Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson has backed a decision to stage badminton at Wembley Arena during the 2012 Games in London.
Organisers decided against building a temporary venue at the Olympic Park, a move that is unpopular with badminton
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Northern Irelands most talented athletes were last night hit by a massive blow to their London 2012 medal hopes.
Sport NI have been left reeling by news that their budget is to be cut by £2.5 million which in turn will hit local athletes at one
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Westminster City Council is launching a major clampdown on litterbugs, louts and scruffy streets in the run up to the Olympics with a creation of a new force of 'super inspectors' with tough enforcement powers.
At the heart of the new service will
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The Winter Olympics may be set to begin next month in Vancouver, but a Livingston County native is working hard towards representing the United States at the Summer Games in London in 2012. 24 year old Will Brady of Howell finished second yesterday a
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Scientists warned yesterday that a peak in solar activity is due to occur in 2012, risking the disruption of television and internet networks during the London Olympic Games.
The Olympics could be bang in the middle of a solar maximum, said Rich
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A third of British athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympics will be privately educated, despite the Government spending more than a £1 billion to encourage state school pupils to become international athletes.
In some of the most successfu
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Mark Todd has been named in a 11-strong high performance eventing squad with an eye to the 2012 London Olympics
Double Olympic gold medalist Mark Todd has indicated he is keen to have a tilt at the London 2012 Olympics.
Equestrian New Zealand h
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LONDON, Feb. 1 (Xinghua) -- Andy Murray revealed he would like the chance to play mixed doubles with Laura Robson at the 2012 Olympics in London after playing alongside the talented teenager at the Hopman Cup in Perth.
Andy Murray of Britain po
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John Lewis has been a long term supporter of the London Games and is hoping to tap into interest selling official Olympic merchandise through its Westfield's Stratford City shopping centre location, close to the Olympic site.
All profits made from
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Taking a cue from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which included womens boxing in the 2012 Olympics, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has voted in favour of the competition being included in the Asian Games as well, paving the way for wo
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This week London 2012 welcomed Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the Olympic Park. He made us laugh and feel inspired, but most of all he made us feel proud about how multicultural London is and how this will help us host the best Games ever! See more photos of Desmond Tutu visiting.
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I was delighted to learn today that Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, one of Britain's greatest Paralympians and Vice-Chair of the London 2012 Sports Advisory Group, will be joining me in the House of Lords. Dame Tanni, who won 11 Paralympic gold medals and set more than 20 world records, has been appointed as a Crossbench (non-party political) peer.
Dame Tanni hopes to bring her wealth of experience and knowledge to the House. I'm sure that everyone will wish her well in her new career.
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Today's been just brilliant! This morning I was lucky enough to lead a group of local young people to meet Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the View Tube near Stratford.
Speaking to him was so inspirational. He's really energetic and funny, but also really down to earth.
I talked to him about the diversity of people in Newham and how the Olympics will put us all on show and create opportunities for years to come.
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Hi all,
I'm a student with a breif to design a transport vehicle/system to move people within the London olympic park site. I have no experience in the environment of an olympic event and so would like to ask people who do. Can you help answer so
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Hi all, I'm a student with a breif to design a transport vehicle/system to move people within the London olympic park site. I have no experience in the environment of an olympic event and so would like to ask people who do. Can you help answer some
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Before heading out to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games there was time for one more visit as part of my Nations and Regions programme with a trip to Northern Ireland.
For me personally, this is a very special place as it is where my journey with London 2012 began. Back in 2004 and newly appointed as the Chair of the bid team it was the first visit I made as I started out championing support across the UK for our bid to host the Games. Now we are just two and a half years away from the Opening Ceremony and it was a pleasure to return again to see first-hand how London 2012 is already making a real difference to local communities and to thank those who are making it happen.
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No. The Cultural Olympiad has not been 'dropped', as Simon Jenkins suggested in the Evening Standard; it will continue to gather momentum towards 2012.
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Smallsteps4life launched yesterday by the Food Standards Agency - an initiative inspired by the 2012 Games to get people doing a little something different in their lives to make a whole lot of difference to their health and well-being.
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Javelin thrower Roald Bradstock is targeting a remarkable comeback for the London Olympics in 2012 - when he will be 50 years old.
Born in 1962, Bradstock twice competed for Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, but believes he still has th
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THE room is a massive, industrial-looking, football pitch-sized space. Iron girders project from the ceiling, the floor is a nest of crash mats littered with balance-beams and vaults and it is packed with around 150 kids.
Some of the youngsters,
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