LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people across Britain rose at dawn and hunched over their computer keyboards in the second round of bidding for tickets for the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
But the hopes of many were dashed. The site was working — but very slowly. Olympic organizers urged ticket hopefuls to be patient.
The sales on Friday came after two-thirds of ticket seekers failed to earn any in the first round. The 1.2 million people who failed to get tickets in the first round received priority in sales on morning. About 2.3 million tickets went on sale, many of them for soccer.
Tickets will also be sold in stages next year.
