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London 2012 Olympics: Games sponsors turn rowdy as they outstay welcome on launch night for athletes' village

Reported by Telegraph.co.uk on Wednesday, 4 July 2012 (on July 4, 2012)
Telegraph.co.uk
A test exercise during which about 1,000 guests stayed overnight in the Olympic athletes' village on Friday night was mostly successful, apart from the rowdy behaviour of a group of sponsors and Olympic stakeholders who managed to make even the media look well behaved.

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