This year, in 2012, the Olympic Games will happen in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It will be third time that the city of London would host the Olympics. Earlier, London has hosted the Olympics in 1908 and 1948. It is a world record for a city to host the Olympics for 3 times. The official sponsors of the London Olympic Games 2012 are Adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. The worldwide partners of the London Olympics Games 2012 are Acer, Atos Origin, Coca-Cola, Dow, GE, Macdonalds, Omega, Panasonic, P&G, Samsung and Visa. The motto of the 2012 London Olympics is ‘Inspire a generation’. The mascot of the games has been selected as Wenlock. The Olympic Games Outdoor Fitness Equipment is also sponsored. The London 2012 Olympics Ceremonies have been named ‘The Isles of Wonder’. The queen of England Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburg would officially open the Olympic Games. Danny Boyle, the director of acclaimed films like Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting has been designated as the Artistic Director for the Opening Ceremony of the Games. A short movie of the British secret agent James Bond aka 007 will also be showcased in the ceremony. There are about 204 nations which are expected to be participating in the London Olympic Games 2012 but to be certain, there are a total of 171 London Olympics 2012 participating nations which would be participating in the Games. The synthetic running track has been paved for coming athletics. The 2012 London Olympics Calendar is 17 days long where about 302 London Olympics 2012 Sports Events will take place in 32 sports and a total of 10500 athletes will be showcasing their talents on the world’s biggest platform in the sports. For the first time in the history of Olympics, the sport of Women Boxing has been included in the games this year. The London Olympics 2012 Venues are around Greater London and other major parts of the United Kingdom. Most of the events will take place in the Olympic Stadium. The main venues are Dorset, London and Portland, all bedding with synthetic running track surface. The Royal Mint, London has prepared about 5000 medals to be awarded to the winning athletes. David Watkins has designed the medals which are 400 g thick and bear the designs of Nike, the Thames River and the Games logo.