New Delhi: To mark the third day of the London Olympics 2012, Google has replaced its usual logo with a new doodle - London 2012 fencing. The new doodle shows two fencers fighting against each other using bladed weapons.
The letter 'L' in "Google" is shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by one of the fencers, while a helmet on the head of a fencer is modishly depicted as the first 'O' of the word "Google". The rest of the letters are placed in the playing area near the boundary. The London 2012 fencing doodle is the fourth London Olympics doodle.
The Fencing events at London 2012 Olympics are scheduled from July 28(Saturday)to August 5(Sunday). At London 2012, 35 Fencing pistes will be used during competition. There are 10 events - men's and women's Individual Epee, Foil and Sabre, men's Team Foil and Team Sabre, women's Team Epee and Team Foil - which are scheduled to be contested. The number of participants in Fencing events are 212 - 105 men and 107 women.
Each country is limited to eight men and eight women across all events, which equates to three athletes in men's and women's Individual and Team Foil, men's Individual and Team Sabre, and women's Individual and Team Epee, and two athletes in men's Individual Epee and women's Individual Sabre....
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12:05 AM, Jul 30, 2012
