Olympics: London tickets mistakenly oversold

LONDON: Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have admitted they had mistakenly oversold tickets for the synchronised swimming sessions, leading to thousands being offered tickets to other events. Some 10,000 tickets were meant to go on offer in the second round of sales for four of the sessions but 20,000 were made available due to human error, organisers revealed. Officials contacted around 3,000 ticket-holders and offered them access to more prestigious events – including the men’s 1,500m athletics final – that they had previously applied for unsuccessfully.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 6^th, 2012.