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May – Olympic Connections

·  The 2012 Games will be the third time that the Olympic Games have been hosted by Great Britain and the third time events have taken place in Windsor.

·  In 1908 Windsor hosted the marathon which started outside the castle. At the time the actual race distance wasn’t fixed. Moving the start from Queen Victoria’s statue to East Terrace added 700 hundred yards to the total distance and was fixed at 26 miles 385 yards.

·  In 1948 the road cycle race was moved to Windsor from the originally planned venue, Richmond Park, when it was discovered that any activity there at more than 20 miles an hour was prohibited. The race was held on Friday 13th August and was started on Smith’s Lawn by Prince Philip.