Piper, HeatherGarratt, Dean2014-01-062014-01-062013-05-31Sociological Research Online, 203, 18(5)1360-7804http://hdl.handle.net/10034/310903This article is not available through ChesterRep.This articles discusses the London 2012 legacy claim relating to increased activity levels and sports participation. A range of factors which appear to militate against its achievement are discussed. Drawing on data from a recent ESRC-funded research project, the authors demonstrate how this has resulted in a culture of fear and corrosive mistrust, which can only reduce grassroots willingness to take up sports, and the effectiveness and commitment of the coaches required to support it.enOlympic legacyFoucaultdiscourserisk societyspectaclecelebritymoral panicArticleSociological Research Online