2012 Olympic Schedule Announced
The schedule of events for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been released, with the first competition, the women’s football, kicking off on 25th July, two days before the opening ceremony.
Tickets go on sale on 15th March for all 26 Olympic sports, totaling 600 sessions of competition overall.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said: ‘they’re the greatest tickets on earth for the greatest show on earth. This is a really big moment, a huge moment’.
There will be a huge British following during the middle weekend, with British medal hopefuls Jessica Ennis, Christine Ohurogu and Paula Radcliffe all competing.
Elsewhere, Usain Bolt will hope to be defending his 100m sprint title on Sunday 5th August, and on Monday 30th July, swimming legends Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe could potentially go head-to-head in the men’s 200m freestyle, with Tom Daley hoping to compete for his first medal of the Games in the 10m synchronised platform diving final.
The schedule has caused some problems for the FA though, due to a clash between the Olympics men’s football final and the FA’s Community Shield.
The FA have confirmed that the Community Shield will move, but despite some calls for the game to be played abroad, is likely to stay in the country.
