The 2012 London Olympics Games

The Olympic torch was first lit in Olympia in greece by focusing the rays of the sun in the temple of Hera.

The Torch shape est special. it has a significant meaning. Its triangular shape represent the three times that london has been awarded the games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. It also contains 8000 holes which represent eache person who will carry it around Britain on the torch relay.

The forst torch bearer in the uk will be Ben ainslie, he is famous for sailing and had three times the olympics gold medale.

It will take 70 days to reach tje Olympic Stadium.

The designers of the torch were Edward Brber and Jay Osgerby.

The paralympic torch relay begin from the 4 UK capitals, London, Edinburg, Cardiff and Belfast. It continues to Stoke Manddeville stadium and than to London.
The names of the Olympic mascots are Wenlock and Mandeville.

They were designed by Iris, a London-based creative agency. They are animations depicting two drops of steel from a Stellworks in Bolton. They are named after the Shrophire town of much Wendlock, which held a forerunner of the current Olympic games and stoke Mandeville Hospital, a facility in Buckingham shire that initially organised the Stoke Mandeville games, the precursor of the paralympic games.