Olympic Thursday, 21 June 2012

Every Thursday in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games the BBC will be broadcasting and publishing a series of Olympic-related stories/interviews/clips/blogs through BBC Sport Online, BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC 2012 Olympic website.

You can find details on Twitter by following #olympicthursday and @BBC2012

Olympic Thursday, 21 June 2012:

  • Lutalo Muhammad
  • Peter Elliott on running in the 1980s
  • The start of the London 2012 Festival on bbc.co.uk/2012

Olympic Thursday, 21 June 2012:

• Main feature: Lutalo Muhammad is determined to prove his worth after his controversial taekwondo selection (text + video)

• UK Athletics Trials – chief sports writer Tom Fordyce on how British athletes are excelling in the field (text)

• Peter Elliott on his battles with Cram & Coe at British trials in the 1980s (text + video)

• Jessica Ennis admits she may need to extend her British record to claim Olympic gold this summer (text)

Focusing on the start of the London 2012 Festival today:

• The big event for Thursday will be the Gustavo Dudamel concert at Sterling Castle - online simulcast and a number of exclusive clips; also broadcast live on BBC Four at 9pm this evening.

• Steven Brockelhurst feature on the Big Noise

• Pauline McLean on the concert

• Will Gompertz clip from Sterling

• David Sillito clip from Windermere

• Mark Simpson clip from Derry/Londonderry

• BBC Ents & Arts - London 2012 Festival launch article and Q&A with Ruth MacKenzie

• BBC On-Demand - clip about Secrets: Hidden London

• BBC On-Demand - clips about Les Commandos Percu and their ‘fire, light and sound’ spectacular at Windermere

• BBC Birmingham - article about City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performance

• Live coverage of the Olympic torch relay continues

Roger Mosey, BBC Director London 2012, blogs about the start of the London 2012 Festival

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