Low expectations for Team GB Showjumpers

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Robert Smith believes Great Britain's showjumpers will struggle to make any significant impact at London 2012.

While Smith has predicted a strong showing from British No 1 and world No 6 Nick Skelton this summer, he is pessimistic about the wider chances of home medal success.

Britain has not won an individual Olympic showjumping medal since Ann Moore claimed silver in Munich 40 years ago, while their last Olympic team medal came at the 1984 Games.

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Beckham doesn't deserve place in Olympics 2012

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Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker said David Beckham doesn't deserve to be on the Great Britain squad.

Team GB manager Stuart Pearce can pick three over-age in a squad that would normally be made up of players under the age of 23.

The Ex England striker told BBC radio five: "If you are going to pick the best three over-age player then you would say no(to Beckham)".

The former England captain David Beckham will turn 37 at the start of the games. Beckham is among 80 players in contention for a place in the squad and has shown a desire to be captain in London.

Lineker suggested that while Beckham who is currently playing for LA galaxy in the United States he was not worthy of a place purely on ground and that there could be another reason he might make the team.

"If it's a 'thank you' for all the work Beckham has done for the Olympics and getting it to London, the it is a different matter." The Match of the Day presenter told the Richard Bacon programme.

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Practise run for the Olympic torch

A full dress rehearsal for the London 2012 Olympics torch relay has got under way.

Some 122 participants from Leicestershire were acting as torchbearers during the only full operational dummy run of a single day of the relay.

The actual torch relay will start from Land's End in Cornwall next month after the arrival of the Olympic flame in the UK on May 18.

The rehearsal, taking place on the Leicester to Peterborough route, is aimed at testing timings, convoy movement, radio communications, traffic management and security. The torch will not be lit during the rehearsal, the organisers said.

The actual Olympic flame will pass through 1,018 places in the UK, as well as visiting Dublin, arriving in London for the Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 27.

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Team GB Stars given family tickets

The announcement by UK Athletics that they have bought up tickets to ensure families of home athletes get to attend their every race in the Olympic Stadium coincides with today's 100-day landmark.
It clashes with a firm reminder from no-nonsense team boss Charles van Commenee that the really serious business begins now.

"One hundred days until the Games means there's no hiding place any more," stated the Dutchman.

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Olympic Offers

A lot of companies are now offering special offers as the Olympics gets closer and closer. The differences in prizes does differ between small and large, a lot actually offering tickets to the games.

Powerade is now offering a free olympic sports bottle to everyone who buys the drink, all people need to do is enter a code on the website.

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Olympics torch will receive a royal welcome

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry - Photo The Telegraph

The Olympics torch will receive a royal welcome from The Duke ,The Duchess and Prince Harry when it passes through Buckingham palace a day before the games begin.

William ,Kate and Harry are also Team GB and Paralympics GB Ambassadors . They will be watching as three torch bearers carry the flame through London.On the 10th of July the Queen will view the Olympics flame at Windsor castle , Buckingham Palace .

Last month Prince Harry met one of the fastest men on the earth ,he Usain Bolt during a Diamond Jubilee tour to Jamaica.

A St James Palace a spokesman said that participation from William ,Kate and Harry was seen as part of the symbolism of the games.


"It marks the climax of the relay around the UK as it comes to London and Buckingham Palace," he said.

"The Queen will see the torch the next day at the opening ceremony and has asked three senior members of her family, who are already ambassadors, to welcome the torch to her residence."

The Queen will be accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh when the Olympics officially start on July 27.


Source The Telegraph