Olympics ticketing system faces fresh test

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Controversial ticketing system for 2012 London Olympics will be under scrutiny once again on Friday.

23 June,2011 11:46 pm

Some 2.3 million tickets are expected to go on sale from 6am local time.Three million tickets were sold in the first round which ran from March 15 to April 26, but of the 1.9 million people who applied, just 700,000 were successful.However, the disappointed 1.2 million applicants will get an exclusive 10-day window in the next round, but the process this time is first come first served.The remaining tickets will then be offered to first round winners, who can buy some extra seats from 0500 GMT on July 8 to 1700 GMT on July 17.We recognise that the massive demand for tickets has meant that many sports fans were disappointed not to receive tickets in the initial application, said London 2012 Games chief Sebastian Coe.