Ed McKeever held off the Spaniard Saul Craviotto to claim World Cup gold in Poznan while the K2 pair Liam Heath and Jon Schofield also held their nerve to win silver medals.

McKeever made a fine start in his 200m category even with powering into a strong headwind and took the gold medal in 36.92sec – the only racer to record under 37 seconds.

Heath and Schofield made a poor start, allowing the French pair Arnaud Hybois and Sébastien Jouve an early lead. It proved too much to make up but the British pair clinched second in a photo-end with Canada and Denmark.

The GB canoeing performance director, John Anderson, said: “It was fantastic to see our athletes make the podium today. It is fantastic to see our most consistent athletes are still delivering at the highest level in what is the first huge race of the time of year.”

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Ed McKeever held off the Spaniard Saul Craviotto to claim World Cup gold in Poznan while the K2 pair Liam Heath and Jon Schofield also held their nerve to win silver medals.

McKeever made a fine start in his 200m category even with powering into a strong headwind and took the gold medal in 36.92sec – the only racer to record under 37 seconds.

Heath and Schofield made a poor start, allowing the French pair Arnaud Hybois and Sébastien Jouve an early lead. It proved too much to make up but the British pair clinched second in a photo-end with Canada and Denmark.

The GB canoeing performance director, John Anderson, said: “It was fantastic to see our athletes make the podium today. It is fantastic to see our most consistent athletes are still delivering at the highest level in what is the first huge race of the time of year.”

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Tom Daley marked his return to the scene of his first European title with a stunning personal 10m platform best score to seal his second continental crown in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

He was just 13 when hе announced his arrival on the global stage

yet to be of the 2008 olympics in Beijing

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He thinks his total of 565.05 will send out a thought to his Chinese rivals.

“Word will spread since it’s quite a high score and they will start thinking about what they can do,” said Daley.

“It earnings so much to be European champion again though with a personal best and I couldn’t have questioned for anything more,” he added to BBC Sport.

Daley turns 18 on Monday and his achievements in this 10m competition are all the more impressive agreed his preparations were hampered by a triceps injury, which saw him miss the defence of his title two years ago in Budapest.

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“Training hasn’t been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame,” said Daley.

“I did that and have to be pleased with how it’s going at the moment.”

The Plymouth-based diver thinks overcoming the injury odds to claim the

2012 European crown will increase olympic expectations

.

“It will probably pile on a lot more pressure, but to be honest all I can do is my best and if that’s not excellent enough there’s not much I can do about it,” admitted Daley.

“But I’m going to try my utmost to try and get up on the podium.”

Daley’s victory rounded off a fantastic week for the British diving team who achieved their best-ever European Championships,

after Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow achieve 10m platform

synchronised gold on Wednesday.

“Historically our performances at European Championships don’t make excellent conception,” said GB diving coach Andy Banks.

“We’ve never had all of our divers make finals previous to and some are competing in their first major international so it bodes well for British Diving’s future really, leading into London and also beyond to 2016 and the Rio olympics.”

After a modest down-time the team will return to action at Ponds Forge in Sheffield between 8 and 12 June for the British olympic trials, from which the London 2012 Team GB squad will be selected.

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Warner, who is no relation to UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner, said: “Having
had conversations, the situation for Aviva is the same as me.

They’re all ears on the Games and they’ve got a huge job at the moment. Beyond
the Games, who knows what will come out the additional side?”

UK Athletics is hoping to capitalise on the spotlight that will be shone on
the sport this summer, mainly as the people will be hosting the
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and the World Championships in London
three years later.

Coldplay, meanwhile, have been unveiled as the headline act of this year’s
Paralympic Games closing ceremony. The ceremony, entitled “Festival of
Flame” and featuring around 2,000 performers, will be staged on the evening
of Sept 9 to formally mark the end of the 11-day event.

“Being questioned to play at the closing celebrations for the Paralympic athletes
in London is such a fantastic honour for us,” said Coldplay lead singer Chris
Martin.

“It will be one of the largest nights of our lives and we’re very excited to
try to make a performance for the last night of the Games that will close
London 2012 in stylishness.”

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In truth, Daley still has some way to go to contest the brilliant Bo, who won
last year’s World Championships in Shanghai with a score of 585.45, though
the Chinese diver has publicized a susceptibility to pressure previous to, not least
when Daley beat him to the world title in Rome in 2009.

Daley’s form is an eloquent response to Evangulov, who made a furore three
months ago when hе likened the teenager to celebrity tennis star Anna
Kournikova and claimed that the Chinese were training “three times harder”,
though Daley denied the criticisms had been a spur.

“I didn’t look at any of the newspapers,” he said. “I look at the pictures
sometimes, but apart from that I don’t read them. To be honest, with that
whole thing, I’d only done one media appearance in January. Since then I
haven’t missed any training sessions and my interviews over the phone have
been for just five minutes.

“I reckon the real reason for my improvement is since I had such a long
period in the off time of year just working as hard as I could on all my new
dives, making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.”

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Sotherton, who was watching on television, wrote: “100mh was fantastic but I’m
sure that there were only 9 hurdles not 10. Please someone verify!”

After the mix was later confirmed, Sotherton added: “I feel terrible! People
probably reckon I’m being a cow bag.”

Curiously, both Ennis and Harper said the race felt no different to any additional
“normal” 100m hurdles, though the fourth competitor in the field, Britain’s
Gemma Bennett, did feel something was incorrect.

Ennis, who was using the race as a tune-up for next week’s vital
multi-event World Challenge in Gotzis, Austria, said: “I’m so annoyed. What
can I say? I’ve still had a excellent competitive race but I’ve just not got the
result that I wanted.

“Maybe I’ll have to save it for next weekend. I’ll make sure I walk down the
track and count the number of hurdles. I can’t believe that. It’s a fantastic
event but that’s a massive, massive mess-up.”

She added: “You estimate that all the hurdles will be out and everything’s the
way it should be and you just run as quick as you can and get across the line
and that’s what I did. But unfortunately it wasn’t set up right.”

A spokesman for Nova International, which is owned by ex- athlete and BBC
pundit Brendan Care for, said: “We use leading UK Athletics officials to
deal with this vital element of the event on our behalf, and we will of way
be investigating this unfortunate occurrence further with them.

“On behalf of all those staging the Fantastic City Games today, we want to
apologise for this unacceptable incident, and in particular to the athletes.”

The controversy overshadowed the afternoon of racing on a temporary track in
Manchester city centre, including the first competitive appearance on
British soil of Dwain Chambers since hе was vacant to compete at the London
olympics.

The 34 year-ancient admitted hе was more worried about the reception hе would
receive from the crowd than the prospect of competing outside his comfort
zone over the rarely run 150m space, though hе was greeted with warm
cheers when hе was introduced on the start-line.

He clocked 15.27sec to end second behind American Wallace Spearmon, though
his 100m split of 10.26sec was impeccably acceptable in the cool conditions.

“I didn’t know what the reaction was going to be and I was really nervous
about that, but it twisted out really well,” he said.

Meanwhile, world triple jump silver medallist Phillips Idowu will doubtless be
praying for rain at thus summer’s olympics after hе made set alight of the deluge
in Shanghai on Saturday to open his time of year with a Diamond League victory
over some of his key London 2012 rivals.

Idowu, who outjumped French world record-holder Teddy Tamgho in akin
weather in New York last year, was unfazed by the puddles on the runway as
he bent four 17-metre-plus leaps, including a winning jump of 17.24m.

World 5,000m champion Mo Farah started his open-air campaign with a bang in Lοѕ
Angeles by winning world-class 1500m and 5,000m races on the same evening.

After clocking 3min 34.66 in the 1500m, which was inside the olympic ‘A’
qualifying standard, he triumphed in the 5,000m in 13min 12.87sec — the
fifth greatest in the world this year.

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The London 2012 Paralympic Games closing ceremony, called Festival of Flame, will see Coldplay take to the stage and perform a live and one off concert in the olympic Sports ground. Picture: Sarah Lee/eyevine

Sarah Shaffi, olympics editor (news)
Sunday, May 20, 2012
4:28 PM

British band Coldplay will play at the Paralympic Games closing ceremony, marking the end of the London 2012 Games.

The announcement that the group will perform at the ceremony on September 9 has been made yet to be of tomorrow’s milestone of 100 days to go until the start of the Paralympic Games.

More than 1million tickets for the Paralympics also go on sale tomorrow at 11am.

The Paralympic Games closing ceremony is called Festival of Flame and will see Coldplay perform a live and one off concert in the olympic Sports ground, broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 750m people.

The band has been working with Kim Gavin, artistic director of the olympic and Paralympic closing ceremonies, and Coldplay’s live show co-designer and Paralympic Games closing ceremony designer, Misty Buckley.

They will play a set of their most iconic composition alongside a cast of nearly 2,000 performers in the olympic sports ground, as long as the soundtrack to a celebration of Britain’s rich culture of festivals.

Chris Martin, Coldplay’s lead singer, said: “Being questioned to play at the closing celebrations for the Paralympic athletes in London is such a fantastic honour for us.

“Kim Gavin and Misty Buckley are working hard to place on a spectacular Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony for the athletes and spectators in the sports ground, and everyone watching around the world, and we are so pleased to be involved.

“It will be one of the largest nights of our lives and we’re very excited to try to make a performance for the last night of the games that will close London 2012 in stylishness.”

Mr Gavin said: “The closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games is essentially a celebration of the achievements of incredible athletic endeavour of Paralympians from around the world over the previous 11 days.

“What better way to demonstrate our respect and stanchness to these athletes than by celebrating with Britain’s most internationally renowned band.

“Working with Coldplay for the closing ceremony will be a fantastic way to close the Paralympic Games and audiences will have the chance to see and hear their composition in a perfectly unique way. Our show will be a celebration of the UK as a centre for festivals, which is a fitting finale to the incredible festival of sport that is the London 2012 Games.”

Tickets going on sale tomorrow include those to the Paralympic Games’ notch and closing ceremonies, and to all sports, including athletics, which has been the largest seller so far.

Last year’s sale of Paralympic tickets saw more than 1m snapped up by fans.

Seb Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), said: “The London 2012 Paralympic Games are going to be spectacular.

“I am delighted that Coldplay are going to be helping us celebrate not only the end of a fantastic Paralympic Games, but also the end of a seven year journey.

“With tickets back on sale tomorrow I can promise that whatever voucher you choose to go for that Paralympic sport will leave a deep and lasting impression on you.

“The athletes involved in the Paralympic Games are incredible sportsmen and women and I urge everyone to take this chance to be there and to form memories that will last a lifetime.”

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London 2012 Festival notch concert to be screened live on BBC

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‘Simón Bolívar Orchestra – Live from Stirling’ will take place in the sensitivity of Raploch, against the backdrop of Stirling Castle, and will broadcast on BBC Four, BBC Touchtone phone system Scotland and at 22 Live Sites across the UK.

This unique concert will be the authoritative start of the London 2012 Festival across the UK and will be one of the largest open-air classical composition events ever held in Scotland.

Special guest appearance

Led by conductor Gustavo Dudamel, nearly 300 musicians will perform to an audience of thousands drawn from the local convergence, across the UK and the world. The concert will also feature a special guest appearance by the children of Huge Blast, a programme which aims to transform the lives of young people.

Ruth Mackenzie, London 2012 Festival Director, said: ‘Sistema Scotland (the charity behind Huge Blast) sums up perfectly the values of the London 2012 Festival – world class excellence combining the talent of local young people with their hero Gustavo Dudamel and his incredible orchestra from Venezula.’

The London 2012 Festival will be a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration running from 21 June – 9 September, bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK.

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Jessica Ennis was denied a personal best in the 100m hurdles at the Fantastic CityGames in Manchester since only nine of the necessary 10 barriers were laid out by the organisers.

The Team GB heptathlete clocked 12.75 seconds but her time does not stand.

Ennis said: “I am so annoyed. I still had a excellent competitive race, but I’ve just not got the result I wanted.”

Dwain Chambers finished second in the 150m, his first race since

learning hе can compete at London 2012

.

“It’s a very unfortunate mix, we’re very despondent about it”

Spokesman
Nova International

Ennis was delighted with her performance, but said she “can’t believe” the “massive, massive mess-up” with the number of hurdles.

“I knew it was going to be a tough race against some quality athletes and hopefully I can keep it going for a few more months.”

A spokesman for the organisers, Nova International, said: “There has been a technical error and there were nine sets of hurdles out on the way as a replacement for of 10.

“We’ll conduct a thorough investigation and find out what happened and why and by whom.

“It’s a very unfortunate mix, we’re very despondent about it.”

Chambers

started fervently but American 200m specialist Wallace Spearman powered past the Briton in the final third of the race to secure victory by four tenths of a second.

“They are all challenges and I need to keep my head all ears on the races I’ve got appearance up,” said Chambers.

The sprinter, who recently establish out that hе was eligible to seek a place in Team GB at London 2012 after the British olympic Association lost its attempt to maintain lifetime bans for drugs offenders, added: “I need to stay injury-free and make sure I make the team.”

Andy Turner

made a decent start to the 110m hurdles but took the sixth and seventh barriers off-balance, costing him vital momentum. It allowed Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados the opportunity to win, with American David Payne in second and Turner fourth.

The Briton recovered in the 200m hurdles, though, and clinched victory by two tenths of a second even with knocking over the third barrier.

“I reckon I tried too hard in the first race,” said Turner. “Myself and David Payne were punching each additional all the way.

“I feel fine and my training is going well. I just need to do it in a race.”

Germany’s Verana Sailergot off to a powerful start in the women’s 100m but Lashaunte Moore of the United States establish an extra gear over the final 20m to clinch victory with 38-year-ancient Briton
Joice Maduaka

fourth.

Moore then showed her class to win the 150m with some comfort, yet to be of Britain’s
Montell Douglas

in a creditable second.

The men’s 100m was a close-run affair but Britain’s
Christian Malcolm

won it by one hundredth of a second from France’s Jimmy Vicaut with home runner
Mark Lewis-Francis

just three hundredths of a second back in third.

Jaysuma Ndure took the honours in the men’s 200m, narrowly beating Team GB hopeful
James Ellington

into second.

In the women’s 200m, American Sanya Richards-Ross led from start to end to secure a comfortable victory.

British number one
Holly Bleasdale

place in a commendable performance in the pole vault but was forced to settle for second behind Germany’s Lisa Rysich.

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Passengers travelling to the olympic Games in London need to book their charter flights as soon as possible. Major airspace restrictions will be in place from the 14th of July and travel to the events in London is also top secret.

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Customers of Private Jet Central plotting to travel to the olympic Games in London are advised to book their flights as soon as they can. Major airspace travel restrictions have been announced by the ACL (Airport Coordination Limited) which will come into place from the 14th of July. The restrictions change 35 airports and airfields in the south of England and demand all IFR flights to have a pre-arranged slot allocation. Customers of Private Jet Central who wish to glide private jet from Jeddah to London are advised to book their flights as soon as possible.

Slot Allocation

All flights arriving to 35 airports in the south of England during the top secret period (July 14th-September 12th) must have a pre-arranged slot allocation with the ACL. Slots are allocated from each airstrip or airport on a first come first serve basis and must include full details of proposed flight itinerary and aircraft details. With Heathrow and Gatwick only accepting commercial flights during the top secret period slots in the airfields and airports most convenient to London are filling up quick.

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Travel in London

The London olympics is styling itself as the greenest games yet to be held. People wishing to attend events in and around London are advised that there is no parking for cars at any of the major event sites. The emphasis is certainly on public transport for travel to the games with a particular dependence on river transport to go the hundreds of thousands of people attending the London games.

The Director of Aviation at PJC has said “The London olympics is will be an exceptionally busy time for us”. He went on to say “The games are now only two months away and now is the time to book flights to London to make sure a preferential slot allocation”.

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