London's Glitzy Bid Tops Race for the Olympics ; Smiles As Mayor and Blair Shake On It

Daily Mail › January 17, 2004

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PURISTS may not like it, but there was no doubt that the organisers showed plenty of imagination as Britain vowed to take on the world and win Olympic glory yesterday.

Archery at Lord's? It certainly isn't cricket, but it could be worse. How about beach volleyball an Olympic sport since 1993 being played by bikini-clad contestants on Horse Guards Parade?

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London's Glitzy Bid Tops Race for the Olympics ; Smiles As Mayor and Blair Shake On It

Or the Millennium Dome staging basketball and gymnastics?

Plans to transform such landmarks were unveiled as London launched its glitzy bid to host the 2012 Games.

The ambitious plans...

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