Anyone else think it's ironic that the London Borough to host the 2012 Olympic Games only has 4 gyms?!?
931402
What's really ironic is that the country that is hosting the 2012 olympic games hasn't got a decent athlete.\n\nI'm British by the way...
356126
its bcoz of lack of infrastructure and funds available for its development.The indian goverment should encourage olympic sports as they do in cricket
1008615
you should've asked that when they (International Olympic Committee) voted on it six years ago!\n\nFrom what I remember, it's because .... hey, i think it's a bad choice too. I mean, have you seen the mascots for them? It's a plot to bring back the Pokemon. Or something just as gay.\n\nMascots:\nhttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pixelhere.com/media/1/20051111-2008.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pixelhere.com/&h=235&w=400&sz=44&tbnid=VBCPJMIo7q70sM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=14&prev=/images%3Fq%3D2008%2Bolympics%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
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Host cities of the Modern Olympic Games\n\n1896 - 1st Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n1900 - 2nd Olympiad - Paris, France\n1904 - 3rd Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, USA\n1906 - 3rd Olympiad, year 3 - Athens, Greece (sometimes called the "interim Games")\n1908 - 4th Olympiad - London, England\n1912 - 5th Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden\n1916 - 6th Olympiad - Cancelled - World War I (Scheduled for Berlin, Germany)\n1920 - 7th Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium\n1924 - 8th Olympiad - Paris, France\n1928 - 9th Olympiad - Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n1932 - 10th Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1936 - 11th Olympiad - Berlin, Germany\n1940 - 12th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan. Then re-scheduled for Helsinki, Finland & cancelled a 2nd time)\n1944 - 13th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (London considered, but war continued)\n1948 - 14th Olympiad - London, England\n1952 - 15th Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland\n1956 - 16th Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (Horses were not permitted to be imported into Australia so the Equestrian events were in Stockholm)\n1960 - 17th Olympiad - Rome, Italy\n1964 - 18th Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan\n1968 - 19th Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico\n1972 - 20th Olympiad - Munich, Germany\n1976 - 21st Olympiad - Montreal, Canada\n1980 - 22nd Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR)\n1984 - 23rd Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1988 - 24th Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea\n1992 - 25th Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain\n1996 - 26th Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, USA\n2000 - 27th Olympiad - Sydney, Australia\n2004 - 28th Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n2008 - 29th Olympiad - Beijing, China\n2012 - 30th Olympiad - London, England\n2016 - 31st Olympiad - to be selected by the International Olympic Committee
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For some people I can see how it would spoil the results.  But if you're a true fan of the Olympics then it doesn't matter.  It's unfortunate that they can't be held on our continent every time but there are other people in the world besides Americans. (That may shock some of you to learn!)  But we can all look forward to the next winter olympics that will be held in Canada.
395827
because only a few countries can keep up themselves to the big games
349639
Apparently triathlons only take place during the Olympics.  thanks Mike...  Yahoo! has yet to add many sports to the list.  Skate/Snow boarding, Tri's, running.  None of these seem to have made.  But curling and snookering seem to have a large fan base.  Come on Yahoo! guys, think!!!!
308892
How about having the olympics in an African or South American city.  I know the olympics have not taken place in Africa and I am pretty sure about South America too.  Just my two cents.
469072
Likely not, but it depends on the bid. I know that with Beijing 2008, Vancouver/Whistler for 2010, London 2012, and the 2014 Games not named yet, It is possible you could see the  OG going to Africa, or South America being rather distant at this point, due to so much political & economic instability. So yes, you could see a European nation getting the 2016 Summer Games.
155760
Because most of the sports are similar(except curling)in winter olympic, and it has less sports than summer olympic.\nAlso snowbording(the half-pipe)is cool
164340
Each country is able to submit a team of performers....usually it's only three per event, but I guess sometimes its more.  Despite this, each athlete usually goes through qualifier rounds just to get to the finals..in which case you don't usually see more than 3 athletes per country.  They send three because the Olympics rewards three spots...Gold, Silver, and Bronze.  So rather than competing for the top spot, athletes compete for all three spots.  It's about being the world's best athlete...not the world's best athletic country.
748497
Hey, I live in Docklands and a lot of the apartments have Gym & Swimming Pools in...  Look at http://www.email4property.co.uk/e14/estate-agents.htm
583425
11 stadiums.. only one in East Germany!
999063
That would be a fantastic idea.   Has anyone ever seen the fantastic English film "28 days After" ?   That is precisely how the whole of London is like during an English match....EERIE AND DESERTED... totally deserted.
239195
Wow that's terrific. Try your local gymnasium for contacts in that area. You might be surprised with your response. If you can keep it up I am sure you will get sponsored. Good Luck we might be seeing you at the Olympics or Commonwealth games one day.
283017
the same as all the other countries get out of being it...the same the reason why every 4 years every country goes to the normal olympic games duhh!!
421384
Well, I hear, don't know if this is true, that China is presently re-creating NY City.  For the Olympics.  Cool huh, I am sure it must be out of the wilderness.