Association pre-Games training camp will be using Cardiff University’s facilities to prepare for London 2012.
Wales can boast 32 LOCOG accredited pre Games training venues, many of which are being utilised in the run up to the Olympic & Paralympic Games, including Newport’s international velodrome which is already at full capacity.
“It’s not just about the immediate pre Games training camp in 2012,” said David Evans, Head of Pre-Games Training in Welsh Government “athletes from various countries have been using facilities in Wales for the last three years with many more planned prior to events in and around the UK over the next 10 months. For example, the New Zealand Paralympic Swim team will base themselves here next March in preparation for an event in Sheffi eld, and their Athletics team will be here in May 2012, before they all return in August to prepare for London. Australian and South African teams have also already been to Wales familiarising themselves with the environment”
Events are playing their part in attracting teams to Wales and helping to make fi nal preparations for London. Wales recently hosted the GB Wheelchair Rugby Cup which provided the Australian team with an opportunity to experience Cardiff exactly a year out from the Games. The Canoe Slalom World Cup at Cardiff International White Water in June 2012 will also provide an opportunity for teams to remain in Cardiff to make fi nal preparations for London 2012.
Attracting Olympic and Paralympic Committees is an extremely competitive business within the nations and regions of the UK and western Europe. Paramount to this success has been the teamwork between public, private and third sector organisations.
The First Minister of Wales recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the entire Oceania Paralympic region which will mean athletes from nine countries training in South Wales leading into the Paralympic Games. (PHOTO). First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said “Wales is committed to providing a fi rst class environment for athletes and the combination of world class training facilities, proximity and quality of accommodation, access to state-of-the-art support services, together with a Welsh welcome that is second to none, is a compelling offer which has resulted in Paralympic athletes from many nations deciding to choose Wales.”
Pre Games training camps also provide opportunities to develop sporting, educational and cultural exchanges with countries that come to Wales and provide opportunities for children and local communities to get involved, resulting in a positive Games legacy for Wales. Visiting teams are enthusiastic about interacting with the local community while in Wales and want the people of Wales to get behind them at Games-time.
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Teams that have committed to preparing in Wales include:
National Paralympic Committees Australian Paralympic Committee
New Zealand Paralympic Committee South African Paralympic Committee British Paralympic Cycling US Paraympic Cycling
Oceania Paralympic Committee - including:- Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands
National Olympic Committees
Amateur International Boxing Association ‘Road to London’ Boxing Camp
Irish Triathlon Swimming South Africa
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee British Cycling
Athletics New Zealand Cardiff University
Swansea Cardiff Cardiff
Newport Cardiff
Wales will kick off the Olympic Football tournament at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium (
http://www.millenniumstadium.com/ events/
26967.php , two days before the official Opening Ceremony. Cardiff will host eleven matches over eight days.
The Olympic Torch Relay will travel through Wales forr five days from 25 May 2012. with overnight stops in Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth and Bangor.
www.london2012.com/ olympictorchrelay
The Paralympic Flame Festival will take place in Cardiff on 27 August 2012
www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
The Australia and New Zealand Paralympic Athletics teams, outside Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff after their scoping visit in July 2011
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