Designs have been unveiled that show a ?simple, efficient and flexible? London 2012 Handball Arena that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy. The new designs were included in the planning application for the venue which was submitted on 05.11.08 Image credit: LOCOG / eyevine

Designs have been unveiled for a ?simple, efficient and flexible? London 2012 Handball Arena that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy. The new designs were included in the planning application for the venue which were submitted on 05.11.08. Image credit: LOCOG / eyevine

A handout picture obtained from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) received on April 17, 2012 and taken on April 16, 2012 shows an aerial view of the Olympic Park in London showing the Handball Arena with the "RUN" sculpture in the foreground. London will mark 100 days to go until the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony on April 18. When the flame is lit, London will become the first city in the modern era to host the Olympics three times, having already had the honour in 1908 and 1948. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / ANTHONY CHARLTON " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Aerial view of the Olympic Park showing the Handball Arena with RUN sculpture in the foreground. Picture taken on 16 April 2012. Image credit: LOCOG / eyevine

A picture taken on March 26, 2012 shows the Handball Arena at the Olympic Park taken in London which will host the handball competition as well as the fencing competition of the modern pentathlon at the London 2012 summer Olympic Games. AFP PHOTO / VOISHMEL

A handout picture obtained from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) received on December 21, 2011 and taken on December 5, 2011 shows the London 2012 Olympic Games' Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in London. AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / ANTHONY CHARLTON RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / ANTHONY CHARLTON" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

An exterior view of the 2012 Olympic Handball Centre is pictured during a Women's International Invitational tournament (also serving as a 2012 Olympic Test event) in the 2012 Olympic Park, east of London, on November 25, 2011. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL

An exterior view of the 2012 Olympic Handball Centre is pictured during a Women's International Invitational tournament (also serving as a 2012 Olympic Test event) in the 2012 Olympic Park, east of London, on November 25, 2011. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL

---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / Olympic Delivery Authority /Anthony Charlton / HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS- DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS A handout picture taken on March 24, 2011 and released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office shows an arial view of the Handball Arena and the Energy Centre. State-of-the-art venues are not the only thing being built from scratch for the London Olympics. As well as gleaming facilities such as the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium and the elegant L95 million velodrome, Britain is constructing a team capable of competing in a sport which most Londoners have never heard of: handball. In its own way, assembling a British handball team has been every bit as daunting as the redevelopment of the Olympic Park site in London's east end. AFP PHOTO / Olympic Delivery Authority / Anthony Charlton / HO