Because the 500 day countdown towards the begin from the London 2012 Olympic Games starts, the London Organising Committee from the
Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and OMEGA, rolex 1803 Official Timekeeper for your London 2012 Games, these days unveiled the
Countdown Clock in Trafalgar Square.
The occasion was attended by LOCOG Chair Seb Coe, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, OMEGA ambassador and globe champion heptathlete
Jessica Ennis and President of OMEGA Stephen Urquhart, and also the clock will now be counting down towards the evening from the 27
July 2012 in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
The Clock was revealed by 4 Olympic Gold medallists from Group GB - rowers Pete Reed and Andy Hodge and sailors Iain Percy and Andrew
Simpson.
The launch from the Countdown Clock is really a important moment within the construct as much as the Olympic and Paralympic Games sell watches .
It's a reminder for individuals from across the UK, also as guests towards the capital
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The style from the Clock reflects the appear from the Games. The beams of light around the Clock are inspired by London and its
connection using the Meridian line in Greenwich, the house of time. Trafalgar Square was selected because the setting for your Clock
because it is 1 of London's most recognisable landmarks and iconic places, visited by countless Londoners and tourists every year. It
wasthe centre of celebrations when London won the bid and can as soon as once more play a important component within the build-up
towards the London 2012 Games.
The Clock is produced from steel from a Preston-based business. It's 6. five metres higher, 5m lengthy and weighs about four tonnes.
The Clock took ten individuals two days to assemble within the square. The lighting styles around the Clock had been produced by a
British business.
LOCOG Chair Seb Coe stated: 'The launch from the OMEGA Countdown Clock is an essential milestone for just about any Olympic Games and
is one thing of a tradition inside the Olympic Motion. It'll be a every day and hourly reminder to everybody who visits Trafalgar
Square that the countdown towards the begin of London 2012 has nicely and really begun and that the greatest show on earth is quickly
coming to our nation.
'Athletes' careers are according to timing and I hope that this milestone moment excites and inspires them to compete in the highest
level in 2012. Athletes hoping to compete within the Olympic Games are within the final stretch of their preparation and also the
subsequent 500 days will probably be essential to them as their dream of competing inside a Games comes closer to reality. '
OMEGA's Stephen Urquhart stated that his business is searching forward to returning to London once more to time the Olympic Games for
your initial time in 64 years. He stated: 'In 1948, the final time the Olympic Games had been held within this city, OMEGA was
accountable for timing every discipline in each and every sport. That edition from the Games is remembered for your technological
milestones in timekeeping: the photoelectric cell, our fully-automated timing method and also the initial photofinish camera ever
utilized at an Olympic Games. Then, as now, we had been proud to become in the service from the International Olympic Committee and
also the world's excellent athletes. '
Mayor of London Boris Johnson stated: 'The countdown starts correct now within the extremely heart from the capital as we gear as much
as stage the very best Games in residing memory and also the excitement spreads outwards from Trafalgar Square to each and every
corner of our excellent city. In 500 days time the environment will probably be electric because the Olympic cauldron bursts into
flames signalling the starting from the world's greatest sporting occasion and London 2012's glorious legacy unfolds. '
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