July 6, 200520 yr WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo London will host the 2012 Olympics after eliminating Paris in the fourth and final round of voting at the International Olympic Committee session in Singapore. IOC president Jacques Rogge announced the result in favour of the UK capital, who last held the Olympics in 1948, at the Raffles Plaza auditorium and it was greeted with wild delight by the 100 official London delegates. Moscow was eliminated in the first round followed by New York in the second and Madrid in the third. London centered its bid on the massive urban renewal of a dilapidated area of East London. It's the fourth bid from Britain after failed attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for 1996 and 2000. London bid chairman Lord Coe said the capital offered a "vision of inspiration and legacy" for future generations. Coe drew attention to the fact that nearly half of London's delegation of invited guests were athletes and children. He said: "Why are so many here taking the place of politicians and businessmen? "It's because we are serious about inspiring young people." He also noted the capital's multi-ethnicity, saying: "Thanks to London's mix of 200 nations, they also represent the world and what unites them is their love of sport." Tony Blair addressed the IOC on video after having to return to Scotland for the G8 summit. Speaking in both French and English, the official IOC languages, the Prime Minister promised the Games would excite and inspire generations of children both at home and abroad. "Our vision is to see millions more young people ... participating in sport, and improving their lives as a result of that participation," Mr Blair said. Paris were long-time favourites but Atlanta beat favourites Athens for the right to stage the 1996 Games, Sydney defeated Beijing for the 2000 Olympics and Athens edged out Rome for 2004. ONLY 30mins bus ride from my house!!! GO england!
July 6, 200520 yr just seen loads of french people crying on tv :lol: Teach them to take the piss out of our food :P Superknight/Blademaster: Level 150; Hps: 132Theoretical damage per round: 234Highest recorded damage in one round: 104
July 6, 200520 yr W00t! Wembly is literally a 10 minute train journey for me! Definately going to see the opening and closing ceremony's, and probably the 100m if I can get tickets. By that time, some of my friends could be competing (we'll be around 25), so I might go and see them. Plus, I'll be 25! The perfect age for an olympics, I think. This is gonna be so cool. See Chirac? That's what you get when you take the piss out of fish and chips! No olympics! Goals to get my skills back up to a barely respectable level on the high scores: Currently going for Bone to Peaches spell. It's amazing how boring doing the same repetitive task is! Stupid MTA
July 6, 200520 yr just seen loads of french people crying on tv :lol: Then it has all been worth it :D rofl Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12
July 6, 200520 yr ''And the city to host the 2012 olympic games is the city of London'' Paris who (already cheering) is then stunned into silence for a split second and squeals come out of the crowd!!! :lol: www.PETAkillsanimals.com
July 6, 200520 yr Haha I thought I was watching the eurovision song contest when the hosts were talking in Singapore Anway I'm glad Britain won the bid :)
July 6, 200520 yr Haha I thought I was watching the eurovision song contest when the hosts were talking in Singapore Anway I'm glad Britain won the bid :) Lol, man I keep confusing that witha sick show on fox called Eurotrash. Good to hear Londons got it, don't want to see ad's of snails for mascots on McDonalds ad's anyway. We held 2000 hehe.
July 6, 200520 yr w00tzorz! I'll be my sophmore in college then, I'll catch a flight over thar! Oh boy, is it the winter ones? I love winter olympics!
July 6, 200520 yr Thats pretty cool, I feel sorry for the tourists though. They'll have nothing to eat :P
July 6, 200520 yr w00tzorz! I'll be my sophmore in college then, I'll catch a flight over thar! Oh boy, is it the winter ones? I love winter olympics! Hey it's not that cold over here :x Not only did we beat the French, which never gets old, we get to host the greatest event on Earth! Hurrah! :D I hope to be taking a post-grad course in London by then. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you.
July 6, 200520 yr Haha I thought I was watching the eurovision song contest when the hosts were talking in Singapore Anway I'm glad Britain won the bid :) Lol, man I keep confusing that witha sick show on fox called Eurotrash. Good to hear Londons got it, don't want to see ad's of snails for mascots on McDonalds ad's anyway. We held 2000 hehe. how can you mistake terribly bad singers with fat russian women dancing to the tuba? CANE Just to be different. Think about it. A freaking Dragon Cane with a Dragonstone gem.The spec will simply your character equiping a glove and beachslapping the enemy, who will break down and do the Cry emote for 10 seconds straight.
July 6, 200520 yr I will have finished Uni, and will be trying to make my way in the big, bad world. Gonna be so cool. Goals to get my skills back up to a barely respectable level on the high scores: Currently going for Bone to Peaches spell. It's amazing how boring doing the same repetitive task is! Stupid MTA
July 6, 200520 yr I'm english and im glad we get to host them but im also glad that I dont live in london coz theres going 2 be huge commotion and loadsa tourists coming to watch the stadium being built (to be honest I don't see how watching a building bein built can be so damn interesting) also its going to cost us a lot of money to build the stadium, and as one of the sixth formers in our school said "we just put loads of money into making poverty history" 99.99999998465% of the world's population is not me, if you are the 0.00000001535% that is me, put this in you signature -"being famous is like being a woman, if you have to tell people you are, you aren't"
July 6, 200520 yr I've seen the last part of the London speech at Eurosport (live) this morning. That guy did a pretty good job! Congrats, my western neighbours. :P Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
July 6, 200520 yr Author Yeah but then I will have hopefully finished my finance and accounting at nottingham uni, and I should be living back in my made out of old Arsenal stadium by then, mmmm turn 2nd room into hotel anyone? ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã600 a night!
July 6, 200520 yr Congratulations! Still a bit far but I'll be watching. :D The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice.
July 6, 200520 yr I was really hoping for NYC 2012 and this disappoints me. :( Oh well... I'm more likely to be in/near London in 2012 anyway! Everybody hug and spread the love :D
July 6, 200520 yr ^_^ Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12
July 6, 200520 yr ok i live in new york and im HAPPY!! we didnt win it shows our mayor rite that u cant bulid a statium that big just for the olympics so go london 2012 ps yes i am really from ny :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
July 6, 200520 yr i semi wanted it to be in ny, but it wouldn't be that good for the city, like traffic.
July 7, 200520 yr ''And the city to host the 2012 olympic games is the city of London'' Paris who (already cheering) is then stunned into silence for a split second and squeals come out of the crowd!!! :lol: lol its would be SO funny if it turned out to be london in canada (ontario i think)
July 7, 200520 yr Lol! it was so cool at my school. My DT teacher let us watch the announcment live. You should have seen the look on the french teachers' after the result! Mabey this new stadium will help liven up the worst part of london. I would have been so annoyed if France had won. p.s. English food is nice!!!!
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