Olympics what happens if it rains

But the roof at the Olympic stadium covers only two thirds of the seats, and there is no roof at all on the Riverbank Arena, where the hockey will be played, nor over all the seats at the beach volleyball, the BMX track, the equestrian events, or on The Mall for the road cycling. So if you've got tickets for one of those, bring a cagoule. Shortcuts Olympic Games London Could the Olympics be rained off? Will organisers be forced to cancel events if it carries on raining through the games?

Raining again: but are we in line for a wet Olympics? Men in the meter hurdling heats sprint ahead despite the pouring rain. A female discus competitor runs off the track. Jamaica's Deuce Carter rests after racing the meter hurdles. Hurdler Orlando Ortega, of Spain, points skyward during the storm. Loading Something is loading. Email address. This is because the bidding takes place a minimum of 7 years to 11 years before those particular Olympics.

If we take a look at the previous editions. It is clear that games are mostly conducted in the month of August. Studying the mean monthly precipitation chart clearly shows that it is the rainy season at the equator and tropic of cancer regions.

At the Athens Olympics, when the Olympic flame came to the Panathinaiko Stadium to start the global torch relay, the night was very windy and the torch blew out due to the wind. Then it was re-lit using a backup flame taken from the original flame of Olympia. At the Montreal Olympics, After a rainstorm doused the Olympic flame a few days after the games had opened, an official re-lit the flame using a cigarette lighter.

A backup flame of the original flame was used to re-lit the flame. At the Beijing Olympics, To avoid rain interruption. Officials decided to manipulate the weather. So they fired a barrage of 1, rockets into the evening sky to make sure the Olympic opening ceremony was precipitation-free.

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