LONDON (Reuters) – The British rowing pair of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning set a Games record in their heat on Saturday to confirm their status as favorites to win Britain’s first Olympic gold medal for a women’s crew.

British women rowers have won a string of silver and bronze medals at the last two Olympics but are still waiting to claim their first gold, with Glover and Stanning in prime position after they won three out of three international races this year.

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – The British rowing pair of Helen
Glover and Heather Stanning set a Games record in their heat on
Saturday to confirm their status as favourites to win Britain’s
first Olympic gold medal for a women’s crew.

British women rowers have won a string of silver and bronze
medals at the last two Olympics but are still waiting to claim
their first gold, with Glover and Stanning in prime position
after they won three out of three international races this year.

LONDON (Reuters) – Seven teenagers lit the Olympic cauldron on Friday, at an opening ceremony starring the queen and seen by millions around the world, in a touching finale to a high-octane, musical celebration of British history and culture.

True to the London Games’ motto of ‘Inspire a Generation’, organizers put unknown youngsters in the global limelight rather than established sporting greats in the closing act of a madcap four hours of comedy, spectacle, noise and emotion.

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – Seven teenagers lit the Olympic
cauldron on Friday, at an opening ceremony starring the queen
and seen by millions around the world, in a touching finale to a
high-octane, musical celebration of British history and culture.

True to the London Games’ motto of ‘Inspire a Generation’,
organisers put unknown youngsters in the global limelight rather
than established sporting greats in the closing act of a madcap
four hours of comedy, spectacle, noise and emotion.

LONDON (Reuters) – Solving the last remaining riddle of the opening ceremony, seven teenagers were given the honor of lighting the Olympic cauldron in the symbolic start to the 2012 London Games.

The young athletes, each nominated by a renowned British Olympian, lit a single tiny flame each within a copper petal on the ground, which triggered the ignition of more than 200 petals. The petals then rose towards each other to form one flame, described as a flame of unity.

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – Solving the last remaining
riddle of the opening ceremony, seven teenagers were given the
honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in the symbolic start to
the 2012 London Games.

The young athletes, each nominated by a renowned British
Olympian, lit a single tiny flame each within a copper petal on
the ground, which triggered the ignition of more than 200
petals. The petals then rose towards each other to form one
flame, described as a flame of unity.

LONDON (Reuters) – James Bond actor Daniel Craig and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth stole the show at an exuberant 2012 Olympic opening on Friday, appearing together in a short film beamed to 60,000 spectators in the main stadium and a billion viewers around the world.

The comedic, quintessentially British moment complemented a London show that film director Danny Boyle, an Oscar winner for “Slumdog Millionaire”, turned into an unabashed celebration of the host nation’s history, culture and eccentricity.

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – James Bond actor Daniel Craig
and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth stole the show at an exuberant
2012 Olympic opening on Friday, appearing together in a short
film beamed to 60,000 spectators in the main stadium and a
billion viewers around the world.

The comedic, quintessentially British moment complemented a
London show that film director Danny Boyle, an Oscar winner for
“Slumdog Millionaire”, turned into an unabashed celebration of
the host nation’s history, culture and eccentricity.

LONDON (Reuters) – “Everyone here hates the Olympics,” says the graffiti spray-painted on the wall of a derelict peanut factory just outside London’s glitzy new Olympic stadium.

Tucked away in one of London’s roughest neighborhoods, the crumbling factory is long out of use, having been taken over by a motley crew of artists, musicians and circus performers united by their disdain for the 2012 Olympic Games.

LONDON (Reuters) – “Everyone here hates the Olympics,” says the graffiti spray-painted on the wall of a derelict peanut factory just outside London’s glitzy new Olympic stadium.

Tucked away in one of London’s roughest neighbourhoods, the crumbling factory is long out of use, having been taken over by a motley crew of artists, musicians and circus performers united by their disdain for the 2012 Olympic Games.