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More Olympics tickets back on sale
Published: 30th Jul 2012 11:53:13
More Olympic tickets will go back on sale after the row over empty seats, organisers Locog have said.
It said an initial 3,000 tickets - including 600 gymnastics tickets - were "put back into the pot" and sold on the London 2012 website on Sunday night.
More tickets returned by sports federations would be released the night before events, Locog added.
Meanwhile, transport chiefs say London's morning rush hour went well on the first working day of the Games.
At some venues, seats in the accredited "Olympic family" areas - reserved for groups including officials, sports federations, athletes, journalists and sponsors - have remained empty.
Lord Coe - who has said Olympics venues are "stuffed" with sports fans - had earlier said that some empty seats would be filled by servicemen and women, as well as local students and teachers.
And, on Monday morning, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said unused tickets should also be given to police officers and their families.
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BBC News, 2012. More Olympics tickets back on sale. [Online] (Updated 30 Jul 2012)Available at: http://www.ukwirednews.com/news.php/1443451-More-Olympics-tickets-back-on-sale [Accessed 18th May 2013]
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