Twitter pages covering London Olympics 2012 live

BANGALORE, INDIA: The London Olympics 2012 is being widely covered all over the world. The event is being telecast by television channels and being streamed live on the Web. However, for those of you who don't have time to sit through the games and want to receive quick updates, Twitter comes to the rescue.

There are several Twitter pages that are dedicated to London Olympics 2012, and are also tweeting from the venue live. Here is a look at five Twitter pages that are doing so:

1. Olympics

With 1,328,315 followers, the official Olympics page seems to be the most active and updated out of the lot. With 920 tweets, this page seems to have all the latest tweets, pictures and also behind-the-scenes information on the London Olympics 2012.

To check out this Twitter page, click here.

2. London 2012

This Twitter describes itself as the ''Official Olympics and Paralympics channel - Sport, culture, behind- the scenes information and opinion on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games''. It has 1,234,778 followers and 2,766 tweets. They also seem to be focusing on the latest medal count.

To check out this Twitter page, click here.

3. US Olympic Team

This is the official Twitter page of the US Olympic Committee, which promises to take you behind-the-scenes of Team USA. The tweets from this page mainly revolve around that of the US athletes. However, they do provide few updates on the latest happenings in the London Olympics. They have about 196,612 followers so far.

To check out this Twitter page, click here.

4. London Olympics 2012

London Olympics 2012 is the Twitter page of a website, which claims is an independent London Olympics news and information site. Along with latest updates, they are re-tweeting tweets of athletes, tweets from viewers in the venue as well as tweets of latest articles on the event. They have about 46,000 followers.

To check out this Twitter page, click here.

5. NBCOlympics

The NBC Olympics page says that it is the ''exclusive US home to 2012 London Olympics coverage and the only place to watch LIVE video''. The page has 372,408 followers and 5,452 tweets.

To check out this Twitter page, click here.

So, what do you prefer the live coverage of the event or just live updates? Do let us know.