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Rogge invites athletes to the Games
"Today, their dreams come closer as we invite 202 national Olympic committees to the 2012 Games. The athletes will be ready, and so will London." >>>
London 2012 medals are largest yet
Bigger, wider, heavier - that could be the motto for the medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Measuring 85 millimeters (3.35 inches) in diameter and weighing 375-400 grams (13-14 ounces). >>>
London enters final countdown with a splash British medal hope Tom Daley made the first dive into the chilly waters of the newly-opened Aquatics Centre. Synchronized swimmers performed in the pool to give a picture of the Games competition in advance. >>> |
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Sebastian Coe has always been renowned for an impeccable sense of timing. Now the former golden boy of British athletics is preparing to kick for home in the task which has consumed him for every day of the past six years - overseeing London's preparations for the 2012 Olympics. Wednesday marks the one-year countdown to the staging of the greatest sporting show on earth in the British capital, some six years after Coe spearheaded a high-powered delegation which won the bid at a 2005 vote. Full story |
A confident Coe
London 2012 chairman says the Olympic project has progressed remarkably smoothly  |
Coe: 'Killing Zone' for London 2012 |
As we celebrate the one-year countdown to the London Olympic Games, chinadaily.com.cn brings you a series of exclusive interviews with people in the know to see how is going on with Games at this crucial time.
Sir Craig Reedie (CBE), member of the organising committee LOCOG and representative on the International Olympic Committee speaks to Guan Xiaomeng in Beijing about his hopes and dreams for the games.
Sebastian Wood, the British Ambassador to China, talks about London's distinctive feature of sustainability following the Beijing Games and welcomes the world to London for the special event 365 days after, Liu Shanshan reports from Beijing.
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Beijing set standards for London 2012
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 Sir Craig Reedie (CBE), member of the organizing committee LOCOG and representative on the International Olympic Committee. |
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Warmest invitations to all China Daily readers
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London faces a "very high challenge" to meet the standards set by the "magnificent Beijing Games" of 2008. 
Lin Dan and his Chinese (badminton) team will be huge attraction to the British Olympic fans. 
I have nothing but happy memories of the Beijing Games. The ceremonies were fantastic, the organization was fantastic and you set very high standards. 
To celebrate countdown in China, we would offer one lucky winner two return flights to the UK. 
The distinctive feature of the UK games will be sustainability. 
We want to show you what makes the UK such a great place for you to go.
LOCOG officials in charge of different areas have their summary and prospect. Zhang Chunyan, Zhang Haizhou and Yui-tak Wan report from London.
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We feel that China is an extremely important market for us, and we first set out to attract Chinese companies to London 2012 games back in 2008 when China hosted the games. So we went out to China, we did a number of events during the Beijing games, and went on a road show right across China, taking into 14 cities. >>> |
The London 2012 Festival will bring the biggest artists from around the world to the UK for a 12-week, UK-wide festival to celebrate the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. Seven million free opportunities to participate all around the UK, of which comes in various forms, including concerts with 100,000 tickets. >>> |
London 2012 Olympics will be "challenging for transport" because of the scale involved. We're very confident that the transport will be off the front pages of newspapers during the Games. We have put in the plans and the infrastructure to make sure that we can make it work. We will ask Londoners to change their way to go to move around the city. >>> |
London & Partners has created 5,000 jobs as a result of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. London has surpassed previous host cities, with Sydney creating 1,150 jobs and Vancouver totaling 2,500 – both including Games time activity. >>> |
Home athletes are aiming a wonder at home. Also from Zhang Chunyan, Zhang Haizhou and Yui-tak Wan from London with Agencies' contribution.
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"I'm sure I'd be better as a player than a coach so I'll have to wait and see. I still feel as if I'm 21 when I'm playing. >>> |
"The next Olympic Games are going to be incredible... My dream is to win a medal (at London Games). >>> |
"One day I will win against a great player... What is remaining for me from now until the Olympics is just to try and be more consistent. >>> |
As track cyclist Chris Hoy put it after Beijing: The "plucky British losers" are no more.>>> |
Team China lowers sights for London 2012 after becoming the top gold winner at the 2008 home Olympic Games. Calling for improved training methods, China intends to continue that momentum and to secure at least a top-three finish at next year's London Games.
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"The Beijing Olympics is my home Olympics, it's a once in a life time occasion," 21-year-old Chinese equestrian rider Hua Tian says, "While the London Olympics will be almost as exciting for me because it's the sport's home Olympics." |
China made a clean sweep of the 10 diving gold medals at its first home FINA World Championships in Shanghai. |
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Produced by Guan Xiaomeng and Liu Shanshan of chinadaily.com.cn
July 27, 2011