London Olympic Laureus

Each year, members of the Laureus Academy, sports legends that have shaped their legends, enlarging the activities they were doing, meet to discuss a topic related to sports. This is not the ceremony of the Laureus awards in the world of sport, that's in March. Potagonizar This is a forum for finding solutions to the problems of sport that is the problem of life.

How could it be otherwise, on the eve of the 2012 Olympic Games, London was chosen for this annual meeting and the topic to be discussed: 'How to stop the violence and the crime rate with the use of sport'. Representatives from 32 countries will share ideas and experiences to try to bring to the table solutions to a social scourge that is threatening, especially to disadvantaged youth.

Athletes from the likes of Boris Becker, Nadia Comaneci, Kapil Dev, Mick Doohan, Sean Fitzpatrick, Dawn Fraser, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Michael Johnson, Kip Keino, Ilie Nastase, Hugo Porta, Steve Redgrave, Mark Spitz, Daley Thompson and Michael Vaughan acted as ambassadors of Laureus and photographed at facilities within 269 days will be the center of the world, not just sports but also social. Sebastian Coe, a member of the Academy and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Games, served as master of ceremonies for their colleagues.

On Wednesday, members of the Laureus Academy visit a school in south London where huge and verify the positive transformation that can occur in a school in a depressed neighborhood through interaction with the sport.