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NEW YORK CITY 2012

GENERAL SPORTS ORGANIZATION

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The Olympic X: Training Venues

great international institutions — the United Nations and the Olympic Games — salut-
ing each other from across the river. And sports that take place along the Brooklyn
and Queens waterfronts, such as swimming, diving, track cycling, and archery, will be
set against the backdrop of Manhattan's glinting skyscrapers, one of the world's most
recognizable urban vistas. The Olympic X, in short, takes advantage of New York
City's remarkable physical landscape to showcase the Olympic Games.

Like competition venues, training venues have been selected to offer the greatest
possible convenience for athletes. For some sports, competition venues and training
venues will be the same. For nearly all sports, training venues will be located along
the Olympic X or within three miles of the Olympic Village.