London Counts Down to the Olympics

The count is down to 100 days and London is set to welcome the world as they host the Olympics. Numerous events have been planned to highlight the landmark as the countdown to the games continues. London 2012 chief executive, Paul Deighton, says preparations are moving along both on time and within budget. In a statement to the Press Association, he said, “We are absolutely where we want to be with 100 days to go – we are ready to welcome the world to London. “Millions of people around the UK are getting ready to celebrate the biggest event in sport. “Eight million of the 11million tickets have been sold to people in Britain and we are sure that Brits will get hold of a chunk of the other 3million too.” Several test events have been held at the venues. One major event is scheduled for the first week of May with a variety of events in the Olympic Park. The event is said to draw in 80,000 with 50,000 packed into the Olympic Stadium set to watch the London Disability Athletics Challenge. The test events have proved helpful in revealing necessary improvements and potential security issues. Deighton said, “The test events have done what we really wanted them to do which was to give a real test on the field of play, to make sure that the surfaces and technology is right. “It also gives an opportunity to bring the workforce for that venue together in an operational sense, and experience how the team operates at that venue. “It has been quite reassuring. Things have gone wrong, because things always do go wrong at events, and the issue is to have the teams in place to fix these things. “Nothing however has made us radically change our plans.”