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{ 5:15pm UK, Tuesday February 15, 2011

Orla Chennaoui, Olympics correspondent

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The offical events schedule for the Games show both Olympic champions will be aiming to retain two of their athletics and cycling sprint titles on consecutive days.

The organisers have released their schedule a month before the tickets go on sale, to allow fans time to decide which events they would like to apply for.

London 2012 chair Lord Coe described it as a "huge moment".

"We are now getting to the business end of the project and we know from the number of people who have signed up for ticket information that there is a real hunger from all parts of the country to be there," he said.

Rebecca Adlington displays her 800m and 400m freetstyle golds

Among the other most popular days are likely to be the July 29 and August 3, when Rebecca Adlington will defend her swimming golds.

Jessica Ennis will be hoping to add to her European and World heptathlon titles by ending the August 4 on top of the Olympic podium.

Diver Tom Daley will be aiming to round up the Games in style, competing in his second event, the 10m platform, on August 11, the penultimate day of competition.

As well as promising a potentially glittering end to the London Games for the home crowd, the schedule offers the possibility of an early celebration.

Jessica Ennis celebrates winning the women's heptathlon at the 2010 Euro champs

The first chance at gold will come in the cycling road race on July 27, when the 'Manx Missile' Mark Cavendish will be favourite to win his first Olympic gold.

Defending champion Nicole Cooke will be hoping to retain her title the following day - which would make for a dream start to the games for Team GB.

The very first event will not take place in London but in Cardiff - a women's football match at the Millennium Stadium on July 25, two days before the Opening Ceremony.

:: Read our guide to buying tickets

Tickets for the Olympic games will go on sale on March 15. Fans will have until April 26 to apply for their share of the 6.6 million being made available to the public.

Tickets for the Paralympic Games go on sale on September 9. The Olympics will run from July 27 to August 12 and the Paralympics from August 29 to September 9.

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