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Olympics 2012

• Now let the Games begin!

  THE greatest sporting show on earth is back in Great Britain. The London 2012 opening ceremony on Friday, July 27 will mark the return of the Olympic Games to these shores after an absence of 64 years. read more

• Richard Buck travels the hard metres to realise his dream

  Potentially crippling adversity has been overcome by York one-lap star Richard Buck, as charted by The Press sports reporter STEVE CARROLL. read more

• Tom Ransley takes Eton boat throng to Olympic tilt

  The Press sports editor STUART MARTEL reveals how York rower Tom Ransley is aiming to negotiate a voyage that has taken in Rule Britannia and ends up with possible Olympic success at the place from where he first started out. read more

• Jack Laugher looks to make a splash

  TOM DALEY may be the poster boy of London 2012, but North Yorkshire diver Jack Laugher is another teenager aiming to make a splash at the Olympics. read more

• Second chance for Nicola Wilson

  NORTH Yorkshire rider Nicola Wilson is determined to grab her second chance of glory at London 2012. read more

• Ben Pipes' dream in London

  EAST Yorkshire’s Ben Pipes is targeting an Olympic medal with Great Britain’s volleyball team. read more

• Firms fired up for 2012 Olympics

  WHILE London has bagged the lion’s share of the 2012 games and the accompanying boost to business, companies in North Yorkshire are making sure they don’t miss out on the Olympic effect. read more

• York plays waiting game for African athletes

  WITH London 2012 now only days away, York is hoping to welcome athletes from two African nations who are eyeing the city as a potential training base. read more

• Swimmer's memories of 1964 Olympics

  The Press sports reporter DAVE FLETT hears of York swimmer Peter Kendrew’s party parade in Tokyo. read more

• ‘York swimmers were best in country’ – Kendrew

  PETER KENDREW was also part of the York City Baths Club relay team, along with Terry Boyes, Alan Clarkson and Roddy Frame, who became national freestyle and medley relay champions. read more

• Net loss propelled Huntington to love-all affair capped by umpire’s reign at two Olympiads

  Malcolm Huntington outlines days of umpire at two Olympics to DAVE FLETT. read more

• Selby man of bronze

  Commentator fails to dampen John Sherwood’s joy, reveals deputy sports editor TONY KELLY. read more

• Charlie Wegelius’s country route to Athens

  Pedal power for York’s Charlie Wegelius took him to the Olympics’ ‘home’, reports The Press deputy sports editor TONY KELLY. read more

• Chariots link to York Olympians

  HAROLD Porter was part of the 1924 Great Britain team in Paris which was immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire. read more

• Swimmer Jo Jackson back with a bang for third Olympics

  OLYMPIC bronze medallist Jo Jackson admits the fact that London 2012 will be her third Games is a scary prospect, but after enduring career-threatening asthma she is just relieved to be there. read more

• Terrington cash in on London 2012’s Olympic sporting legacy

  A NORTH Yorkshire village has secured Olympic legacy funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund to improve the facilities at the village hall and sports ground. read more

• Underground advertising promotes York during Olympics

  MORE than six million visitors expected to visit London during the Olympic Games will be invited to visit York by huge adverts on display in the London Underground. read more

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