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USOC and Nike reveal Team USA's podium outfits

  • Sponsor News

By Sara EvansJune 25 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Nike have unveiled their medal stand apparel and footwear for London 2012, with a special focus on American pride details.

Three" (pictured above, right), to be worn by medallists from the US Olympic Teams of archery, boxing, BMX



Millar becomes first former drugs cheat picked by Team GB since scrapping of BOA bylaw

  • Cycling

By Duncan MackayJune 13 - David Millar, who served a two-year suspension from 2004 to 2006 after admitting to taking banned blood booster Erythropoietin (EPO), has been named in the Great Britain cycling squad for London 2012, it was announced today.

but Jason Kenny pushing hard for the lone spot in the individual sprint.Members of the track, BMX


Exclusive: London on track to bid for 2016 World Cycling Championships at Olympic Park Velodrome

  • Cycling

By Tom Degun May 29 - British Cycling are set to approve a bid from a city thought to be London for the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Championships in 2016 with the Velodrome (pictured) on the Olympic Park lined up to stage the event.

The plan could also include a simultaneous bid for the BMX World Championships on the Olympic venue located

forward.The Velopark is located at the northern end of Olympic Park and consists of the Velodrome, BMX


Michelle Obama launches scheme to get 1.7 million American children into sport

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Hilton Anatole in DallasMay 15 - Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, has announced a nationwide commitment here at the Team USA Media Summit to get over 1.7 million American children active as part of her Let's Move! initiative which aims to wage a war on childhood obesity.

The initiative will see a number of projects from NGBs, including from USA Cycling/USA BMX, who will

offer free 30-day memberships to tracks and free races/clinics at 350 BMX tracks nationwide this summer.USA


Cluster system keeps Toronto 2015's within budget as key locations for Pan Am Games are revealed

  • Toronto 2015

By Tom DegunMay 13 - Toronto 2015 have claimed that the cluster system idea they adopted for the Pan/Parapan American Games at the start of the year has allowed them to keep within their $1.4 billion (£888 million/€1.1 billion) budget as they unveiled the key locations for the competition.

including water polo, badminton and table tennis.The Etobicoke Pan Am Complex cluster will host archery, BMX




Pinsent hails £750,000 of extra Team GB funding in 100-day countdown to London Games

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomApril 18 - Quadruple Olympic champion Sir Matthew Pinsent has endorsed the award of an extra £750,000 ($1.2 million/€916,000) towards final preparations for Britain's Olympians and Paralympians, marking the milestone of 100 days from the start of the London Games.

choreographer and coach, and the cycling squad will be investing in more soft-tissue therapy support for its BMX

2012 investment we're able to increase the level of soft-tissue therapy available to our track and BMX


Cadbury publish independent report showing success of London 2012 programme

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By Tom DegunMarch 29 - London 2012 Tier Two sponsor Cadbury have published an independent report claiming to show that their Spots v Stripes Community Programme has proven a major success in bringing sport to hundreds of communities across the UK ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

said the London 2012 chairman.Shanaze Reade, one of Britain's brightest prospects for London 2012 in BMX

I fell in love with BMX aged 10 on the streets of Crewe, so I've witnessed first-hand the role sport


Dame Kelly visits Newham School to launch GE Aspiring Minds scheme

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By Mike RowbottomMarch 19 - Dame Kelly Holmes (pictured) sent Eastlea Community School in Newham, East London into a ferment of enthusiasm with the story of her athletic ambitions and career and presentation of the Olympic gold medals she won at the 2004 Athen's Games.

from the DKH Legacy Trust.Joining the packed day of events at Eastlea Community School was Mike Mullen BMX


BMX World Championships in Birmingham will be tougher than Olympics warns Reade

  • Cycling

By Mike RowbottomMarch 18 - Shanaze Reade (pictured) has said that Birmingham's UCI BMX World Championships

Sixteen riders will set out in quest of women's Olympic BMX gold in August in London, compared to a potential

frightening four wheel experienceAugust 2011: Reade clinches emotional victory in London 2012 BMX

test eventAugust 2011: British BMX star Reade ready for first outdoor test event on the Olympic


British javelin star Steve Backley launches Cadbury Keep Team GB Pumped Parade

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By David GoldMarch 15 - Steve Backley (pictured), the former javelin star and the first British athlete to medal at three consecutive Olympic Games, has launched the Cadbury Keep Team GB Pumped Parade, a 3D spectacle to encourage the public to get behind the country's medal hopes at London 2012.

including Beijing 2008 double swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington (pictured) and quadruple world BMX


"Share" a room with a London 2012 hopeful at world's first augmented reality hotel

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By Emily GoddardMarch 14 - London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sponsor Holiday Inn is giving members of the public a unique chance to "share" a room with elite athletes in the world's first augmented reality hotel.

medallist windsurfer Nick Dempsey (pictured) can be seen "windsurfing" in a bedroom with a sheet and BMX