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I don't know but here's what i do know: Approximately 10,500 athletes are expected to participate in 302 events in 26 sports. For the London Olympics, judges chose British artist David Watkins' design. It has a jewel-like logo on one side and Nike, the Greek Goddess of Victory, stepping out of the Parthenon on the other. The 2012 Olympic medals were made from nearly nine tons of metal from Rio Tinto's Kennecott mine in Utah and its Oyu Tolgoi developing mine in Mongolia. The Royal Mint in South Wales produced the 2012 medals in a ten-hour process, using a 1,400 degree furnace. In that process, the mint placed nearly 1,000 tons of weight on a special press. This year's medals are larger than usual for the Olympics. Each weighs between 375 and 400 grams, depending on the alloy, and is 85mm in diameter and 7mm thick.

04:17, 27 July 2012