The Games - More than a ceremony
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2012
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 1:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Games, the podcast of record for London 2012 from The Times. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Chris Skinner and it's finally here. We are just hours away from the opening ceremony |
| 1:09.8 | and for the next three weeks London will be at the center of the universe. |
| 1:13.6 | Well, for sports fans at least. |
| 1:15.6 | The games are obviously having an impact on you. |
| 1:17.3 | You've been getting in touch with the My Olympics hashtag, |
| 1:19.8 | as well as filling the comments section on the Times website. |
| 1:22.3 | And we had an amazing reaction online to Mitt Romney's criticism of the London Games, |
| 1:26.0 | including from John Best, What a Wally, didn't realize that US politicians were as bad as ours. |
| 1:31.0 | If he is elected Lord Helpers, agree or disagree, let us as our |
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