London 2012 - as it was announced on the web
by Martin Belam, 17 April 2012
Tomorrow you’ll be inundated with articles, blog posts, interactives, TV news packages and special supplements celebrating that it is 100 days until the Olympics start in London.
So I thought I’d be different and look back instead
Here are some of the web screengrabs I took on 6 July 2005 when it was announced that London would be hosting the games.
The government DCMS website
The London Mayor’s website
The IOC website
The BBC website before the announcement
The BBC website after the announcement
The BBC website after a huge spike in traffic meant it went into “lite” mode
Sadly, this is the only one I’ve got of the official London 2012 bid site on the day. Oops.
