Olympic Video

Michael Phelps gears up for London Olympics

2012-04-16 09:29:18

At Under Armour's global headquarters, Michael Phelps starts his day very early in the morning. Although four years have passed since his record-breaking performance in Beijing, Phelps seems more focused than ever as he prepares for the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.

China & The London Olympics: Part 4 – The host city

2012-04-11 16:27:17

In the fourth part of D J Clark's series from England, he takes a bus tour around the capital city, stopping to visit London Partners, the organisation in charge of organising the influx of tourists the 2012 Games is expected to bring.

China & The London Olympics: Part 3 – The Venues

2012-04-05 10:49:22

In the third part of D J Clark's series from England he takes an Olympic park tour and discusses the venues being used for the event with the chief executive of the organising committee.

China & The London Olympics: Part 2 – Training Camp in Leeds

2012-03-28 10:52:25

In the second part of D J Clark's series from England he travels north to Leeds where he looks at the preparations for the Chinese pre Olympic training camp. Here he discovers, contrary to much discussion on the Chinese micro blogs, that the athletes will not be based in Leeds for the actual games but rather use the facilities to help them recuperate from their journey to the UK.

China & The London Olympics: Part 1 – An Introduction

2012-02-23 08:51:52

Over the next ten weeks D J Clark will be reporting from London, to find out how the preparations are going, how London seeks to compare to the Beijing games and what lies in store for the Chinese athletes and audience. In the first part he introduces the event.

British ambassador visits Paralympian

2012-02-15 13:42:54

British Ambassador Sebastian Wood visited the Shunyi Chinese Paralympian Training Center on Tuesday to meet some of the athletes. The visit marked the start of the 200-day countdown to the opening of London’s 2012 Paralympic Games.