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Today is the start of two weeks of lectures organised by the University of Leeds in the weeks between November 24th and 5th December. These celebrate the Olympic and Paralympics, whilst also looking forward to the 2012 Olympics in London.

The University have secured some excellent speakers. Of particular interest to me is Dame Tanni Grey and Giles Long, winner of eleven golds and three golds respectively at the Paralypics. Ed Coats, who has represented Great Britain as a decathlete will be talking about his race across the antarctic with Ben Fogle and James Cracknell and also Dan Salcedo the GB tri coach and Ady Hinchcliffe the diving coach talking about coaching and supporting athletes. This and many other excellent speakers will be speaking about different aspects of the Olympics both past, present and future. 

The events are free to attend and most of the talks are on a lunch time. If you fancy coming along to the free lectures then you may need to take a long lunch. 

So if you work in Leeds then it may be worth just having a look at the timetable and coming along if you have an understanding boss? Uni of Leeds is roughly a 10/15 minute walk from City Centre. 

You can download the timetable for full details. For venue details, download a map of the University campus

All lectures are free of charge and open to all. Due to high demand, lectures by Dame Tanni and Giles Long are ticketed events. Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact Sarah Stephenson (0113 3434072) to reserve a place.

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