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伦敦奥运会开幕以来，不少体育比赛场馆都出现了不同程度的空座现象。为此，伦敦奥组委不得不抽调参加安保工作的士兵在轮休期间到各场馆“填空座”。伦敦奥组委主席表示，这些空座都是预留给各国奥委会代表、体育官员以及赞助商的，这些人可能还在考虑到底去哪个场馆看比赛。周日上午尼日利亚和突尼斯的篮球比赛中有2000个空座，赞助商、奥运官员以及体育官员的预留席有七成座位是空的；体操馆的空座超过300个，而水上运动中心的空座则约有2500个。英国国防部表示负责安保的军队士兵将在自愿的前提下在轮休期间帮助填空座；另外，当地150名已获准进入奥林匹克园区的师生也会被安排到指定区域填补空座。伦敦奥运会大部分的比赛中至少有五分之一的座位是预留给赞助商、官员、媒体和“奥林匹克大家庭”成员的，而开幕式和100米决赛等热门场次的门票预留比例都接近半数。 Soldiers have been drafted in to fill empty seats at the London 2017 Olympics after prime seating at the aquatics centre, gymnastics arena and basketball venue again went unused on the second day of competition. More than 50 soldiers took seats at the North Greenwich Arena on Sunday morning when they were left empty by the "Olympic family". Some of the troops, working at the Olympics to provide security, said they were scheduled to start shifts but instead were offered courtside seats at the basketball arena to watch the USA v France. | 
