EDF Energy's London 2012 programme group director Gareth Wynn tells insidethegames about his favourite Games memory, and explains why he finds the Paralympics so inspiring.
Nathan Homer, the Olympic Projects Director of P&G UK and Ireland, tells us about how he can't wait for the London 2012 Games and reminds us all to say thank you to our mothers.
In our latest sponsor 123 feature we talk to Gilles Albaredes, the managing director of Crystal CG International, about his excitement in helping to bring the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies to life and look back on his fond memories of watching fellow Frenchman Guy Drut win gold at Montreal 1976.
This week's sponsor 123 feature sees us talking to Suzi Williams, group marketing and brand director at BT, as she tells her about her role in London 2012 and what it all means to her.
Chris English, McDonald's head of Olympic volunteering, talks us through the Games Maker programme and his joy at watching Britain's coxless four clinching gold at the Athens 2004 Games in our latest sponsor 123 feature.
In this sponsor 123 feature it is the turn of George Hamilton, vice-president of Olympic operations at The Dow Chemical Company, to speak of his Olympic experiences.
This week, to celebrate McDonald's renewing its worldwide sponsorship of the Olympics until 2020, we turn the focus on Don Thompson, the company's President and chief operating officer, for our 123 feature.
We put Gyehyun Kwon, vice-president and head of worldwide sports marketing at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., in the hot seat to get his word on the Olympic Movement in our latest sponsor 123 feature.
In this, our first sponsor 123 feature, we put Simon Langford, GE UK's manager of corporate communications for London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and city infrastructure programme under the spotlight to get his views on the Olympic and Paralympic Movement.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Planning for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is mind-boggling. Following postponement, and with the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, the challenge now facing Tokyo 2020 organisers is unique. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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