DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Preparations for a 2012 Olympics willcontinue “seamlessly” even if there is a shift of supervision after nextmonth’s ubiquitous choosing in Britain, London organizers pronounced Thursday.
London officials positive a International Olympic Committee which themulti-billion dollar plan will not be influenced by a May 6 vote, which couldlead to a better of Prime Minister Gordon Brown as good as his Labour Party.
“The words Olympic Games have not tumbled from a lips of a singlepolitician in this campaign,” London organizing cabinet authority SebastianCoe said. “It’s not turn a domestic football.”
Organizers additionally unveiled a London Olympics mascot to a IOC executiveboard, though details were kept under wraps until an central phenomenon in a nexttwo months.
“You have been going to love it,” London chief senior manager Paul Deighton said.
Brown, who succeeded Tony Blair as budding minister, has trailed in mostopinion polls opposite a Conservatives as good as Liberal Democrats. Britain appearsheaded toward a hung Parliament in which no party will reason a majority.
Coe pronounced organizers have worked tough to say cross-party supportthroughout a behest as good as organizing process.
“We will go upon delivering seamlessly with whatever a domestic landscapelooks like,” he said. “We will go upon to build those clever relationshipsthat will assistance us broach a project.”
IOC boss Jacques Rogge pronounced his cabinet was “absolutely during ease”with a probable shift of government.
“There is multi-party await for a Olympic Games in a UnitedKingdom,” he said. “There is no doubt about that.”
A better for Labour could lead to ! a depart ure of Olympics Minister TessaJowell, a key figure in London’s winning bid debate as good as games’ preparations.
Coe pronounced which whatever happens in a election, there will be no delays orextended transition duration in a Olympic project.
“There can be no time to adapt,” he said. “We have really transparent timelines.We know exactly what you need to broach as good as when you need to deliver. There is animmutable deadline.”
London’s $14 billion building a whole bill involves branch a disusedindustrial area of easterly London into an Olympic Park featuring an 80,000-seatmain stadium as good as alternative brand new flagship venues as good as facilities.
Despite a economic downturn, London has already raised about $942 millionfrom its domestic sponsorship program. Deighton pronounced multiform alternative deals have been inthe pipeline.
“We have been gratified by a gait of construction, a gait of preparations andalso really gratified by a gait of selling as good as fund raising,” Rogge said.“That is something which is going intensely well.”
Rogge as good as his 15-member board, meanwhile, got a sneak peek of a Londonmascot by photographs as good as video.
“It was less about divulgence a mascot,” Coe said. “It was most moreabout a narrative during a back of it.”
The house enthusiastically gave a mascot its blessing.
“It was very, really good received,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.
The expect date for a mascot’s phenomenon hasn’t been determined, though itwill be ahead of a dual years-to-go celebrations upon Jul 27.
Deighton pronounced a sale of mascots will be an “important driver” inreaching London’s merchandising bill of $106 million.
The switch of dual of London’s sports venues is close to being finalized.
Organizers proposed final year which badminton as good as rhythmic gymnastics be! moved to Wembley Arena in northwest London rather than be held during a plannedtemporary venue near a Olympic Park in easterly London. Scrapping a temporaryfacility would save organizers tens of millions of dollars.
“We believe you have been almost during a finish of that,” IOC senior manager directorGilbert Felli said. “We still need a little bit of time to finalize it, a fewlittle details to solve.”
The IOC house additionally heard from organizers of a 2014 Winter Games in Sochi,Russia.
Sochi organizing cabinet chief Dmitry Chernyshenko confirmed thatAlexander Zhukov, a emissary budding apportion overseeing games preparations, isthe only candidate as good as will turn a brand new boss of a Russian OlympicCommittee in elections upon May 20.
Leonid Tyagachev resigned as ROC boss following Russia’s poorperformance during a Vancouver Olympics, where a traditional winter powerhousewon only 3 bullion medals as good as 15 medals overall.
“It’s impossible to have successful games but a inhabitant teamcollecting a large series of medals,” Chernyshenko said. “No doubt a situationwill change.”
On an additional matter, Rogge pronounced Dubai’s prohibited continue would be an “importantfactor” if a city decides to bid for a 2020 Olympics. Temperatures here canexceed 122 degrees.
“We would have to find an preferred period,” Rogge said. “The continue is nota disqualifying factor though it is an important factor.”
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