Thomson Reuters Newsmaker with Sebastian Coe and Hugh Robertson
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You can find the best of our Olympics 2012 coverage here: Olympics 2012 -
...including the latest news that the demise of the News of the World could hit British athletes, as News International Group had agreed to provide support as the official media partner to Team 2012, an elite athlete fundraising body set up jointly by the London 2012 organising committee (LOCOG), the British Olympic Association (BOA) and UK Sport: News of the World demise could hit athletes -

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Sebastian Coe and Hugh Robertson will be joining us soon to be interviewed by Reuters Sports Editor Paul Radford #newsmkr #LDN2012storyby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:27:25 PM -
One group with questions for the Games organisers is the British Medical Association, frustrated to see McDonald's opening it's largest ever restaurant within the Olympic Park: McDonald's super-size Olympics plan upsets health groups -

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London bureau chief Jodie Ginsberg introduces London Olympics 2012 chief Sebastian Coe #olympics #LDN2012story # #newsmkr / @jodieginsbergby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:32:35 PM -

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Coe asked asks what challenges he faces by Radford #newsmkr #LDN2012storyby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:37:34 PM -
More sporting analogies... practice is key for 2012... (guess athletes certainly agree) #newsmkr #ldn2012storyby chris_parker via twitter 7/21/2011 5:39:05 PM -

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Seb Coe on UK rain, "given half a chance I'd put a roof over the whole country" #newsmkr #ldn2012storyby chris_parker via twitter 7/21/2011 5:42:12 PM -
Coe: We've built world class teams, we have the best people that the organising committee has ever assembled #newsmkrby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:43:26 PM -

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RT @MarkJones: UK Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson late for reuters olympics #newsmkr due to tube -- ill omen for real thing? #ldn2012storyby jmollins via twitter 7/21/2011 5:43:47 PM -

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More on practice for 2012, UK Minister for Sport Hugh Roberts arrives a little late #ldn2012story #newsmkrby chris_parker via twitter 7/21/2011 5:44:30 PM -

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Robertson: You can't clearly in a busy city ... definitely say that there will not be probs, we r doing everything to mitigate it #newsmkrby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:47:30 PM -

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Robertson commenting about London transport saying there are challenges in busy city, but planners are working to mitigate them #newsmkrby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:48:36 PM -

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"This is not going to be business as usual. This is business unusual" -Sebastian Coe commenting on London transport for Olympics #newsmkrby Thomson Reuters via twitter 7/21/2011 5:49:27 PM -

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Coe: Extraordinary demand for tickets, we sold more tix at quicker rate than any event in history #ldn2012story #olympics #newsmkrby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:50:36 PM -
Moving on from transport at #Olympics 2012, let's talk about tickets. Coe says been "most popular ticketing event in history" #ldn2012storyby chris_parker via twitter 7/21/2011 5:50:54 PM -
"We've sold more tickets, at a quicker rate, than any event in history" -Sebastian Coe #newsmkr #olympicsby Thomson Reuters via twitter 7/21/2011 5:51:24 PM -
Tickets to #Olympics 2012, Coe says "not the opening chapter of a fairytale story" but an amazing job has and is being doneby chris_parker via twitter 7/21/2011 5:51:59 PM -

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UK Minister for Sport Hugh Roberts did not get any tickets for #Olympics in round 1, his wife wasn't pleased #ldn2012story #newsmkrby chris_parker via twitter 7/21/2011 5:53:28 PM -

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Radford asks about security risks at London Olympics 2012 #newsmkr #olympics #LDN2012storyby Reuters UK Online via twitter 7/21/2011 5:54:35 PM -

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Robertson: ... we are absolutely to grips with security, we have done everything we can do. #newsmkr #LDN2012storyby Reuters UK Online via twitter edited by Reuters: Mark Kolmar 7/21/2011 5:56:07 PM
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