Search results for ‘London Olympics 2012 special report’
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Team GB’s men win bronze in the artistic gymnastics
Great Britain’s male artistic gymnastics team wins its first Olympic medal since 1912 – in an unexpected result that will give encouragement to the rest of Team GB.
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Tom Daley bids for Olympic glory
Tom Daley bids for Olympic platform synchro glory alongside Pete Waterfield today – eight years after being inspired by his partner’s silver medal feat in Athens.
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Olympic archive: Coe v Ovett (1980)
The rivalry between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett defined British athletics in the late 1970s. ITN followed the athletes at Bislett in Oslo, their final meeting before the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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Seb Coe: I’ll see your holiday snaps later
As anger mounts over empty seats at the London 2012 Olympics, Channel 4 News’s Paraic O’Brien offers Lord Coe photographic evidence of vacant blocks at the men’s gymnastics event.
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Olympic archive: Moscow prepares (1979)
Moscow’s preparations to host the 1980 Games were well underway when ITN visited the Soviet capital in 1979. But then the Russians invaded Afghanistan, and a US-led Olympic boycott followed.
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Empty Games seats prompt ticket probe
An urgent investigation is launched after Olympic fans express disappointment at the sight of rows of empty seats at most of the venues on the first day of the London 2012 Games.
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Cavendish misses out on road race medal
British cyclists fail to capitalise on their Tour de France success, while swimmer Hannah Miley also misses out on a medal. Meanwhile, Chinese shooter Yi Siling wins the first gold at London 2012.
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Can Cavendish take cycle race gold?
After last week’s British success in the Tour de France, Manx sprint king Mark Cavendish can reinforce Britain’s current cycling dominance by taking gold in the opening day’s road race.
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Cyclists arrested in Games public order crackdown
A demonstration against corporate sponsorship of London 2012 today followed last night’s arrest of more than 100 cyclists who, police say, were trying to disrupt the Games route network.
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Olympic archive: sprinter Alan Wells (1978)
Two years before the 1980 Games, Scottish sprinter Alan Wells revealed to ITN that his ambition was to prove himself a “reasonable sprinter”. He went on to win gold and silver medals in Moscow.
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What can we expect from the opening ceremony?
With 15,000 volunteers, 70 sheep and a homage to the NHS, tonight’s opening ceremony promises to be as eccentric as it will be epic. Channel 4 News looks at the men behind the madness.
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Olympic archive: Sharron Davies (1977)
Swimmer Sharron Davies had already been identified as a medal prospect for the 1980 Moscow Olympics when ITN went to meet her and her trainer at Crystal Palace in 1977.
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Pre-Games business summit is ‘Davos on Thames’
Heads of state from around the world are meeting in London with business leaders including IMF head Christine Lagarde and Google’s Eric Schmidt on the eve of Friday’s Olympics opening ceremony.
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Where do Team GB’s athletes come from?
Exclusive research reveals that more Team GB athletes are born in the UK’s most affluent and healthy areas. So can where you live determine sporting success? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Torch fires British passion for the Games
As the Olympic torch nears its final lap, communities that welcomed it tell Channel 4 News it has drawn them closer to the event. But writer Iain Sinclair calls the Games a “national hallucination”.
