Coe Nominates Thompson for 2012 London Olympics Flame

July 16, 2011 - PRLog -- To light the Olympic flame, Lord Coe has nominated Daley Thompson. During the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games, Thompson is the winner of gold. But, the chairman made a controversial statement by stating that he absented during the decision making process.for more information, you can log on to http://www.londonolympicstickets.com

On the other hand, he left the decision to film director, Dany Boyle who is working for the opening ceremony. He said, “I have now formally decided I am going to absent myself from any further discussions and judgments – not that we've had any yet – but I am now out of it. Now that I've absented myself from that decision, that's where my vote would go.”

The chairman of London Organising Committee stated that sent a text in favor of Thompson to BBC 5 Live. Coe said, “It will be a synthesis of our creative teams and Danny Boyle. It may be quite obvious at the time. I think we rather assume it needs to be an Olympian. If you think back to 1948 it was a really unknown 400m runner, John Mark. My gut instinct is it needs to be an Olympian.”for more information, you can log on to http://www.londonolympicstickets.com

Coe stated that response to the progress report to the Congress of International Olympic Committee in Durban is simply magnanimous. He further said, “I do, of course, recognise with the unprecedented demand we've had with tickets there has been a level of disappointment out there.”

He further added, “But when you actually sit down with international federation presidents and national Olympic committees and the Olympic movement, they've never witnessed a Games where tickets have gone so quickly across all the sports. Basically, the message to us was, on that basis, we were right to vote for London because London will showcase our sports in a way that few Games in the past have managed to do.”

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