ELECTIONS - Northumbria Students Union - Northumbria University
ELECTIONS - Northumbria Students Union - Northumbria University
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FEATURES London 2012<br />
Yes, in case you hadn’t<br />
noticed all the novelty<br />
British items fi lling the<br />
shop shelves (Will and Kate<br />
stock resurfacing maybe?),<br />
this year, the Olympics are<br />
being held in London!<br />
12 nu:life<br />
THE FUN RUNS FROM<br />
SATURDAY 18TH UNTIL<br />
FRIDAY 24TH<br />
With summer fast approaching, I’m sure you<br />
are all beginning to make some exciting plans<br />
to keep yourselves occupied after you make<br />
your bid for freedom out of your last exam<br />
hall. Were you one of the lucky ones who<br />
managed to grab some tickets for London<br />
2012, or will you be escaping abroad in order<br />
to avoid all the fuss?<br />
The Olympic Games, which has over 200 nations that take part, and<br />
features 26 diff erent sports that break down into 39 disciplines,<br />
is regarded as the world’s most foremost sports competition and<br />
occurs every four years. The Games that inspired our modern day<br />
sports event originally began in Olympia, Greece, over 2,700 years<br />
ago and were part of a religious festival. The Games, like today,<br />
were staged every four years however they were staged in honour<br />
of the Greek king of the Gods, Zeus and people from all over<br />
Greece would come to watch and take part. Since the introduction<br />
of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, they have grown to a scale<br />
so that almost every nation is represented at the Games. It has<br />
also evolved to include the Winter Games to include snow and ice<br />
sports, as well as Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical<br />
disability and also Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes.<br />
Although the Games will mainly take place in London, there are<br />
events to be seen in other cities in the UK, including Glasgow,<br />
Cardiff and here in Newcastle! The celebration of the games will be<br />
seen throughout the whole of the UK as we welcome the Olympic<br />
Flame on its journey across the country, carried by 8,000 selected<br />
Torchbearers. These inspirational people have been nominated and<br />
selected in recognition of their use of sport to benefi t others within<br />
the community and will each carry the torch for part of its winding<br />
journey, which will travel no more than 10 miles from any major<br />
community.
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