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: London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide
600 facilities from across the UK appear in London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide which will be published at the Beijing Games.
It contains high quality elite sporting facilities right across the UK which will give teams and individual athletes a great selection of venues from which they can choose to prepare for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Guide will be circulated to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs). These organisations will then decide where they base themselves or where to send individual athletes to prepare and acclimatise for London 2012.
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is also able to offer a financial award of up to £25,000 to NOCs/NPCs to help encourage teams to base themselves in the UK.
Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee, commented: "We said that we wanted the London Games to be for athletes, and the facilities listed in this Guide will really help overseas athletes prepare well. It also provides a great opportunity for towns throughout the UK to get involved in our plans.
Tessa Jowell, Olympics Minister, said: "The strength and diversity of our sporting infrastructure is demonstrated by so many high quality facilities having met the strict criteria to be included in this Guide. This is a real opportunity for communities across the UK to capitalise on the benefits that hosting 2012 offers.
Phil Lane, Chief Executive of the British Paralympic Association said: "It's a significant bonus for National Paralympic Committees around the world to benefit from the same process and grants as their Olympic counterparts for the first time.
"We're working with London 2012 on evaluating the suitability of many of the named sites for Paralypmic use. In the meantime, we're delighted that Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, is in the Guide."
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