Following the meteor strike of 2027 which saw the Earth tilted upon its axis, it was clear that the catastrophic weather and global changes would not allow London to repeat its highly successful 2012 Summer Olympics.
As such, in 2055 London Mayor Boris Johnson The Second and his team of Olympic organisers which included seventy-five year old Lord Bradley Wiggins, four time Tour De France winner and Olympic Gold medal winner six times, put a plan together to apply for the hosting of the 2064 Winter Olympic Games.
Two years later after a successful campaign, which was helped by ambassadors Brooklyn Beckham (son of the late football hero David), Dame Laura Trott-Kenny and Dame Jessica Ennis, it was announced by IOC President Lord Christopher Hoy that the 2064 Winter Olympics would be held in London.
All throughout the campaign it had been hoped that the majority of the events would be held within the London Borough with the exception of the Alpine Skiing which would be held in the more mountainous area of Northamptonshire, which although pre-2027 had not been exceptionally mountainous, following the meteor strike and subsequent Earthquakes, the area had become part of the main mountain range that now crossed the country from Lowestoft to Chester.
The Biathlon took place through Richmond Park and finishing in Kew Gardens. Special provision was made to make sure that the resident Polar Bears that now lived in the park were not likely to become a danger to the competitors or the spectators.
The global events had of course had a heavy impact upon the water levels around London and due to this the Short Track Speed Skating was held around the Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace after this area and the Mall had become flooded. This area also was on average frozen solid for eight months of the year, so in June, when the games were held, would be the perfect venue.
With grass difficult to grow in the new landscape of London, Wimbledon had been specially adapted to become a sporting area for the new world. This therefore became the home of both the Ice Hockey and Figure Skating of the games. The roof would only be closed in the event of the now sadly regular solar flares.
The Nordic Combined event would take place at Hampstead Heath with Parliament Hill providing the hill requirements. Like Richmond Park, wildlife control would be key and therefore the colony of Emperor Penguins would be removed for the duration of the event.
The Luge, Skeleton and Bob events took place at the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park. Specially extended for the event, an area south of the Serpentine was used with the track moving around the south of the park and following a crater that developed during the global events the finish line would be where the retail store of Harrods once stood in Brompton Road.
The Curling was held upon the frozen Serpentine, harking back to the sports roots of originally being played upon frozen ponds and lakes. This was to be the host nations greatest triumph, with the home team coached by seventy-four year old Dame Eve Muirhead, veteran of a record eight Winter Olympics with the team taking Gold without losing a single end in the final against Egypt.
Finally Horse Guards Parade, the famous venue of the Beach Volleyball event fifty-two years before saw the erection of the Ski jump hill, partly built with pieces from the now sadly destroyed London Eye, a huge Ferris wheel structure that once stood on the Thames.
The Opening Ceremony was a triumph of an event in itself held in the newly refurbished 2012 Olympic Stadium. In homage to the original Sheep that grazed in 2012, Arctic Seals, now resident on the banks of the Thames performed tricks and treats to the crowd before the ceremony began.
Once the seals had been herded away, the stadium transformed with a great light show and huge displays depicting the destruction of New York by the meteor, and fine Shakespearean actor Kenzo Branagh, grandson of the late Kenneth Branagh, depicting New York Mayor Justin Bieber. There followed a moment of silence mourning the loss of millions to the disaster and then a burst of music saw a lightening of the mood to herald the fact that from disaster, the world had become a safer place as countries across the world had come together as one following the tragic events like never before.
Depicting the volcanic eruptions that had become norm for the years following the meteor strike, a vast volcano was thrust up at one end of the stadium. This erupting with molten lava cascaded down the side and formed at its foot the Olympic rings which once completed were hoisted into the sky, high above the stadium.
Finally for the opening ceremony to be complete the famous flame was to be lit. Successfully kept secret until the time was right, five time Olympic Gold winner Mo Farrah ran into the stadium brandishing the torch and completed one circuit of the track despite being the ripe old age of eighty-one, to the cries of joy from the crowd. Everyone was sure that he would be the one to light the flame. However at completion of the circuit, appearing from seemingly nowhere were Mo's twins, born days after his double gold winning performance at the 2012 games. Gold medallists themselves since, they both took the torch in hand and lit the flame to a roar from the eighty thousand strong crowd.
The closing ceremony was an equally epic event, concentrating on a glorious musical concert from stars of present and past across the world. Paying tribute to the closing ceremony of 2012, the surviving members of the old Spice Girls saw Mel Chisholm and Emma Bunton joined by the new Spice Girls formed in 2050 in tribute following the death of the originals creator Simon Fuller at the age of ninety. A collection of chart topping stars then performed through the three hour show and finally as the flame was prepared to be extinguished specially removed from cryogenic storage for the event, Sir Paul McCartney performed "Hey Jude".
