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London 2012 Team USA Media Summit set to get underway in Dallas

By Tom Degun at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas

London 2012_Team_USA_Summit_Dallas_May_12_2012May 12 - The 2012 Team USA Media Summit, one of the key events organised by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), is set to get underway here tomorrow with hundreds of journalists due to attend a gathering that will feature the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian in history.





London 2012 Olympic Torch is lit as countdown to the Games begins

By David Gold at the Temple of Hera in Olympia

london 2012_olympic_torch_lighting_10-05-12May 10 - The Olympic Torch has been lit here in ancient Olympia, with British-born Greek 10 kilometre open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis being the first runner on the Torch's 78 day journey, as it passes through Greece before being flown to Britain, the host of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.