Festival of sport before Olympics.Summary: Britain will host a world class sporting event every fortnight fort·night n. A period of 14 days; two weeks. [Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, fourteen nights : Old English f in the 1,000 days remaining until London 2012. Britain is set to host a world-class sporting event every two weeks from now until the London 2012 Games. The UK's elite sporting agency, UK Sport, plans to host 64 events in 20 cities in the 1,000 days before the 2012 Games begin, beginning with the UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) Track Cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles. World Cup in Manchester. The Au32 million programme covers 30 different Olympic and Paralympic sports Paralympic sport is the umbrella term for a wide range of sports for persons with physical disabilities. While many persons with physical disabilities participate in sports and recreation at various levels, Paralympic sports refers to organized competitive sporting activities as with over 17,000 international athletes expected to compete. UK Sport's chief executive John Steele said: "We believe this is the most comprehensive programme of major events leading into a Games that any host country has ever put together. "It will provide British athletes with the opportunity to perform in front of a home crowd and the public with a chance to experience world-class sporting action in their local area." It will also be a try-out for the thousands of volunteers and officials, described by London 2012 chair Lord Coe as "a vital part of the preparations for making sure that we hold a first class Olympic and Paralympic Games Par·a·lym·pic Games pl.n. An international competition for athletes with disabilities. [para-1 + (O)lympic. in 2012". Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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