AND the ticketing fiasco continues:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187994/Paralympics-2012-Event-set-sell--thats-actually-buy-ticket.html

Usability Hell - ticketing system 'not fit for purpose' and never was ... The comments are illuminating.

http://usabilityhell.com/
http://usabilityhell.com/post/28410304040/london2012-olympic-ticketing-fail#disqus_thread

From EConsultancy ...

http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/10454-why-is-the-olympic-ticketing-website-so-bad

The Ticketing Website in all its frustrations thanks to the incompetence of Live Nation and Ticketmaster who got the contract

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexrees/trying-to-buy-tickets-to-the-london-olympics-is-a

AND THEY NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM FOR THE PARALYMPICS DESPITE WORK-WIDE CONDEMNATION OF THE OLYMPICS TICKETING PROCESS.

The Saddest "Need Tickets" Sign At The Olympics
One family tried for hours to get tickets to see their daughter, representing Mexico, dive in a qualifying round.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexrees/the-saddest-need-tickets-sign-at-the-olympics

BTW the medals were minted by Rio Tinto who have a less than squeaky clean reputation for serious pollution in Utah. Google to find out more.