Aerial view of the Olympic Park showing the Olympic and Paralympic Village. Picture taken on 16 April 2012. Image credit: LOCOG / eyevine

Aerial view of the Olympic Park showing the Olympic and Paralympic Village. Picture taken on 16 April 2012. Image credit: LOCOG / eyevine

Aerial view of the Olympic Park showing the Olympic and Paralympic Village. Picture taken on 16 April 2012. Image credit: LOCOG / eyevine

A handout picture obtained from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) taken and received on March 15, 2012 shows the inside of a room in the Olympic Village in London, where the athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The first furnished apartments at the Olympic Village, which will be home to some 23,000 athletes as well as officials during the London 2012 Games, were unveiled today. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture obtained from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) taken and received on March 15, 2012 shows the inside of a room in the Olympic Village in London, where the athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The first furnished apartments at the Olympic Village, which will be home to some 23,000 athletes as well as officials during the London 2012 Games, were unveiled today. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) received on January 27, 2012 and taken on January 26, 2012 shows four-time Olympic gold medallist British rower Matthew Pinsent (L) helping to lift in the first of 16,000 beds to be installed in the Olympic Village in London as the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) completes construction of apartments on time and LOCOG begins putting final touches to the Village for the Games. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) handed over the Olympic Village site to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) January 27 as London marked 6 months until the 2012 Olympic Games. AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / DAVE POULTNEY RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / DAVE POULTNEY " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture taken on July 14, 2011 and obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office, on July 27, 2011 shows an aerial view of the Olympic Village looking south west in the Olympic Park, in east London. The one-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics got under way on Wednesday with officials bullishly predicting London was on course to deliver the best ever games with 12 months to go. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge was set to extend a formal invitation to the world's athletes during a 7:00pm ceremony at Trafalgar Square in the culmination of day-long events to mark the one-year milestone. AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO ---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture taken on July 14, 2011 and obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office, on July 27, 2011 shows an aerial view of the Olympic Village looking west in the Olympic Park, in east London. The one-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics got under way on Wednesday with officials bullishly predicting London was on course to deliver the best ever games with 12 months to go. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge was set to extend a formal invitation to the world's athletes during a 7:00pm ceremony at Trafalgar Square in the culmination of day-long events to mark the one-year milestone. AFP PHOTO / ODA / Anthony Charlton / HO ---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture taken on July 14, 2011 and obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office, on July 27, 2011 shows an aerial view of the Olympic Village in the Olympic Park, in east London. The one-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics got under way on July 27, 2011 with officials bullishly predicting London was on course to deliver the best ever games with 12 months to go. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge extended a formal invitation to the world's athletes during a ceremony at Trafalgar Square in the culmination of day-long events to mark the one-year milestone. AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO ---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture taken on July 14, 2011 and obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office, on July 27, 2011 shows an aerial view of the Basketball Arena in front of the Olympic Village in the Olympic Park, in east London. The one-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics got under way on July 27, 2011 with officials bullishly predicting London was on course to deliver the best ever games with 12 months to go. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge extended a formal invitation to the world's athletes during a ceremony at Trafalgar Square in the culmination of day-long events to mark the one-year milestone. AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO ---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / ODA/Anthony Charlton/ HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture taken on March 31, 2011 and obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office shows the Olympic Village bloc N15 in the Olympic Park site, in east London. AFP PHOTO / ODA / David Poultney / HO ---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / ODA / David Poultney / HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A handout picture taken on March 31, 2011 and obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office shows the Olympic Village bloc N15 in the Olympic Park site, in east London. AFP PHOTO / ODA / David Poultney / HO ---- EDITORS NOTE ---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT *AFP PHOTO / ODA / David Poultney / HO* - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

---- 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 Olympic Village. A deprived area of London is being rapidly regenerated to host much of the 2012 Olympics in a year, but there are fears the changes may not benefit locals despite efforts to leave a positive legacy. The east London district of Stratford, home to the Olympic Park for next year's sporting extravaganza, was once so filled with smoke-belching factories it earned the unflattering nickname "Stinky Stratford." Since 2005 however, when London was awarded the Games, there has been a frenzy of construction work as the venues went up in the park, with its centrepiece the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium. AFP PHOTO / Olympic Delivery Authority / Anthony Charlton / HO

---- 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 Olympic Village. A deprived area of London is being rapidly regenerated to host much of the 2012 Olympics in a year, but there are fears the changes may not benefit locals despite efforts to leave a positive legacy. The east London district of Stratford, home to the Olympic Park for next year's sporting extravaganza, was once so filled with smoke-belching factories it earned the unflattering nickname "Stinky Stratford." Since 2005 however, when London was awarded the Games, there has been a frenzy of construction work as the venues went up in the park, with its centrepiece the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium. AFP PHOTO / Olympic Delivery Authority / Anthony Charlton / HO