LOCOG Chair States No Security Fears for 2012 London Olympics

Chairman of London Organising Committee for the 2012 London Olympics, Lord Coe is quite happy, as members of International Olympic Committee, IOC have been staying in London. Although, this week London has gone through some of the worst riotous scenes, still members of LOCOG have marked their presence in London to make the upcoming Olympics a huge success.



The Football international friendly match between England and Netherlands has been cancelled. On the other hand, Badminton World Championships played at Wembley Arena and beach volleyball Olympic Test event to be played at Horse Guards Parade went on.

While addressing BBC Sport, Lord Coe said, “The images that have been beamed around the world have been disfiguring, and as a Londoner I probably find that as perplexing as the next person. That's not the London I recognise.”

He further added, “I am confident that we will have contingency plans in place and be prepared for all eventualities in a year's time. But the 205 national Olympic committees have effectively seen a city, test events and world championships all going ahead under pretty much normal circumstances.”

Lord Coe keep on insisting that London is surely the safest place to stage London Olympics games. He stated, “Security is always a big issue - there's not been an Olympic Games since 1972 and in my lifetime of watching an Olympics, which has not been underpinned by security. I am confident that we will have contingency plans in place and be prepared for all eventualities in a year's time - treat it in a way as a test.”

Most of the rioting images of London clearly shows the presence of youth, which signifies that most of the London’s youth are unaware of the real spirit of London Olympics Games. Lord Coe admitted that lots of work need to do and the young crowd need to made aware. Olympic education programme needs to be spread among the sports lovers for making this event hugely successful and peaceful.

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