Of course the Olympics represent the peak of athletic endeavour but they are a cultural showcase too (today saw the launch of the giant Anish Kapoor designed Orbit sculpture outside the Olympic arena).
Councillor Helyn Clack, who is judging the entries, said Surrey became an Olympic arena for "three amazing days of sport" and plenty of sports clubs, community groups and residents would want to keep the memorabilia.
It has been removed from the Riverbank Arena at Olympic Park and will be stored until spring, when it will be installed at Abbeydale Sports Club.
Also on the bill at the MEN Arena, former Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison takes on Brazilian George Arias.
Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron and the sweeping velodrome arena will compete against Turner Prize nominee Paul Noble in the visual arts category.
The AAMI Park stadium, a tidy and modern ground set in the middle of a cluster of grounds that includes the MCG, the Rod Laver Arena and the old Olympic Stadium by the banks of the Yarra River, is likely to be reasonably well populated when the match kicks off on Sunday evening, local time.
The 2000 Olympic gold medallist entered London's ExCel Arena for his opening quarter-final fight against little known Scott Belshaw to a chorus of boos, something that has been a feature of his chequered professional career.
U.S. Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs said the fans inside the arena were overwhelmingly supportive of the competitors, regardless of what country they wrestled for.
"This must be the first time there is an Olympic gymnastics event that didn't have a full arena, " a commentator said.
The company won a contract from the 2012 Games organisers LOCOG in January 2011 to provide food to the Olympic Park North, home to the velodrome and basketball arena.
Calzaghe, who has vacated his WBC super-middleweight title to fight Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden, cited Audley Harrison as an example of Olympic gold not necessarily equating to success in the professional arena.
One of the world's leading engineering firms, they have already been responsible the City of Manchester Stadium, the Allianz Arena in Munich as well as the main Olympic venues in both Sydney and Beijing.
Part two focuses on the Games' legacy and on the construction of five permanent sporting venues - the Olympic stadium, aquatics centre, velo park, handball arena and Eton Manor - and three other temporary venues.
Bedford's Olympic champion, Etienne Stott, is to have a white water arena in the town named after him.
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Gymnast Beth Tweddle has won an Olympic bronze medal in the individual uneven bars competition at the North Greenwich Arena.
However, British Olympic chief Lord Moynihan has warned that both sports will demand guarantees over Olympic lanes if they are to be persuaded to be based at Wembley Arena.
Murray, buoyed by his gold medal victory over Federer in the Olympic final and his later U.S. Open success, was expected to beat him again at the O2 Arena, but instead was swept aside in their last four clash.
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