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By Lateef Mungin, CNN
July 25, 2012 -- Updated 1231 GMT (2031
HKT)
More than seven years since
London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games, the wait is nearly over.
London
hopes its Games will be the greenest in history. The main Olympic stadium is
built from just a tenth of the amount of steel used to build the Bird's Nest
stadium for the Beijing Games in 2008.
London
hopes its Games will be the greenest in history. The main Olympic stadium is
built from just a tenth of the amount of steel used to build the Bird's Nest
stadium for the Beijing Games in 2008.
In the
velodrome -- also known as "The Pringle" -- cyclists will race round a track
made from sustainably-sourced Siberian pine.
(CNN) -- Olympic officials will tell you that four billion
people around the world will watch some part or another of the London Olympics
during its 17-day span.
In the
velodrome -- also known as "The Pringle" -- cyclists will race round a track
made from sustainably-sourced Siberian pine.
(CNN) -- Olympic officials will tell you that four billion
people around the world will watch some part or another of the London Olympics
during its 17-day span.Each will have a reason of their own.
The hoops fan who wants to settle the debate -- once and for all -- about which Dream Team is better. The Arab-American who's praying she doesn't see a repeat of the Munich massacre 40 years later. The Indian expat who's pretty sure London can't top the Beijing opening ceremony.
