Major aim of Greenwich test event is to test whether the venues can manage the games successfully. At the Royal Artillery Barracks, construction work has already started on tent like fixtures. It will host indoor pistol and rifle events. Olympic test events will commence in the month of July. Other major preparations undergoing are test equestrian dressage, modern pentathlon events and varied areas of park.
The timetable of Greenwich Park Olympic are as follows:
• May 16 – Test event set up begins
• July 1 – Athletes and horses arrive for test event
• July 4 to July 10 – Test events take place
• April 2012 – Work begins on installation of temporary facilities for Olympics
• July 6, 2012 – Most of the park closes to the public
• July 27 to August 12, 2012 – Olympic games
• August 30 to September 4, 2012 – Paralympic equestrian events
• September to October 2012 – All structures in the park removed
• November 2012 – Restoration work begins to return park to its original condition
Graham Day, manager of Greenwich Park said, “It is all very exciting now that work is beginning. The numbers involved in the tests are not very big. We have 10 times that many visitors for the marathon and have worked very closely with LOCOG and the ODA during planning. We don’t think restoration is going to be a problem as the weather is good and there is going to be minimal excavation. Most of the structures will be built on top of the land rather than digging down into it.”
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