London Olympics: The Gold Medal Hot Favorites

The London Olympics 2012 formally get going after the massive opening ceremony Friday night tonight. And from tomorrow on, every Olympic arena will be filled with spectators watching their favourite athletes and teams playing to win medals.

Some of the likely gold medal hot favourites at London Olympics 2012

But already there have been short listed a few lucky ones who are likely to bag golds and take these home with pride and jubilation. Have you short listed your favourites already? Well if not, make a wish list, based on the performance of your favourite athletes and teams in the Beijing Olympics 2008 and the recent sport events.

A carefully selected athletes figure out in a slide show at Business Insider that provides a list of some three dozens athletes and teams which are likely to win gold - some of the hottest athletes are shown in the photo above.

When you are done with your wish list of hot favourites likely to win gold, do tally your list with the many of the in the slide show - a list of probable gold medalists prepared by experts and published at the Business Insider.

London Olympics Opening Ceremony: Secret Device to 'Control' March In Ceremony

The British Organizes say they have installed a secret device to control and regulate the march in by athletes so that they do not delay the opening day proceedings, in which 204 teams are taking part.

The secret device is being kept secret, but IOC's Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli told the reporters: "We have a secret device. You will see, it is a secret and I can't tell you now."

In the meantime, the Oscar winning film maker Danny Boyle asked some 30,000 spectators watching rehearsal not to post details or photos on social networks of his extravaganza, reports Reuters.

So what is the secret device and how the organizers intend 'controlling' the march-in and what 15,000 performers are going to perform Friday on the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, remains a secretly guarded secret.

Let us see how far the organizers are able to control the show.

30 Hottest Athletes Going for Summer Olympics

The world of sports beside its health sport activities is also a means of entertainment. Spectators and fans look for hottest players and athletes when they march into the arena.

Some of the hottest athletes compiled by Business Insider this summer

Business Insider has compiled a list of 30 such hottest athletes which will warm up the fans hearts when the play and move about in the Olympic arena of Olympics 2012 at London. These include stars like Kevin Durant, Darya Klishina, Alex Morgan, Usain Bolt, Tom Daley, David Beckham and many more.

How hot are these athletes - well the following remarks by Lolo Jones who kicked off the Olympic frenzy this week will suffice by saying that keeping her virginity is "harder than training for the Olympics."

Well keep in mind the above remarks about hottest athletes and watch the slide show and details at Business Insider