Olympics 2012: One Year to Go

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It's July the 27th in exactly 12

months today, the eyes of the world will be on London. So let's

celebrate the fact that for the first time in over 60 years, the

Olympic Games is returning to British soil, and after tonight,

The Games of the 30th Olympiad are awarded to London.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Good evening, and welcome to a very

special event to celebrate a landmark occasion. We are live with

a few friends of ours in Trafalgar Square in the heart of central

London. This is where thousands of people came back in 2005 to

celebrate when London won its bid to host the Olympics. So we thought

it would be a good idea to return six years later, and tonight all

eyes will be on that countdown clock in the middle of Trafalgar

Square as it ticks past the very second that signifies there is just

a year until the Olympic Games. there are millions of people around

the world watching us live tonight from Sydney to Rio, Beijing to

Athens. It's lovely to share the event with all of you. Also,

tonight is incredibly significant because this evening on this very

stage, the President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, will invite the

athletes from around the world to come to this city to compete for an

Olympic medal. We're going to see for the first time Olympic's 2012

Olympic medals. The Princess Royal will be here to unveil them. It's a

big night indeed, but it's only right we share this evening with

the Olympic Park, which as you can see now, is about five miles in

that direction. Now, remarkably, Sophie, it took them a full two

weeks to fill the Olympic pool, but it's full. It's ready for action

and tonight will host its first race, but we're not expecting any

Olympic records. No. It's going to be interesting. But doesn't it look

fantastic? There it is, the Aquatics Centre. Let's go straight

to the diving pool. And there is only one man I can think of who

should Kristen that. Mishal Hussain is there with him now.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE If you know anything at all about

British diving, you will guess what is coming next. Welcome to the

Aquatics Centre, a state-of-the-art facility just completed, and with

me here is one of Britain's big medal hopes for 2012, Tom Daley.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Lots and lots of support for you,

Tom, not surprisingly, here tonight. You have a look around the Aquatics

Centre. What do you think of what you've seen? Well, the pool just

looks absolutely incredible, and to think of what it's going to be like

in a year's time - these gries making a lot of noise, and to think

what it's going to be like when it's packed out - probably going to

need new ears by the time the next year comes around. Does it feel

different preparing for an Olympics on home turf? Yeah, well, every

athlete's dream is to compete at an Olympic Games, and to get the

opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd never comes around

very often, so it's going to be completely different to the last

Olympic, because you're going to have the home crowd support. I am

sure everyone here is going to get behind all the athletes and divers

in Great Britain. And you get to be the very first person to perform

the first official dive into this Olympic diving pool. How does that

feel? Yeah. I'm quite nervous and excited at the same time because

it's going to be the first dive and yeah, I'm going to go out there,

give it my best shot. Hopefully it will be a good dive. Which will we

see? A somersault Pike, which is one of the dives I'll be using in

the Olympics in the sinkro competition with my partner. We're

with you all the way. The platforms are ready. Good luck. Tom Daley.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE And to talk us through what Tom is

going to do, over now to the former British Olympic diving silver

medallist Leon Taylor. OK. Here goes Tom. What an honour

this is. Look how shiny those bars are. Everyone has been out today

polishing away. This pool is brand spanking new, and what an honour

for Tom Daley to kris christen it. You can hear the crowd here in this

Aquatics Centre. It's almost like a helicopter diving pad, the board is

helicopter diving pad, the board is so big. Look how amazing this pool

background. Four, three, two, one. And as you would expect from Tom

Daley, just back from Shanghai, chistens the Olympic pool with that

dive. He swims to the side there. What an amazing occasion. Let's

have another look at the dive, the first dive at the 2012 Aquatics

Centre, an inward somersault pike. The pool is something else. As Tom

was saying, he's so excited to dive here in just a year's time. Super

slow motion as he goes into the water there without a splash. What

a fitting opening to the first dive of the Aquatics Centre. Tom,

congratulations. It looked fantastic to me. How does the

diving pool feel? It was great. It was a little bit cold getting in

initially, but yeah, it's great to think that that's what it's going

to be like next year - it's just incredible. The atmosphere then was

great, the amount of cheers and stuff. So it's going to be awesome

next year. You said that particular dive is one we'll see more of next

year? Yes, one in the synchronised competition I'll hopefully qualify

for. You'll have to look out for that one. What's the next year

going to be like for you? Quite busy. I have my A-Levels. I've got

obviously lots of training to do as well. I've just got to keep

training, keep focusing on the job at hand, and hopefully the whole

country will be supporting the GB athletes into it. People are

intrigued because you're only 17. How do you manage to combine

training at this level with your school work? It is quite difficult

to combine the two at the same time, but you just have to manage your

time as well as you possibly can, be, like, strict with yourself and

make sure that you're constantly training as hard as you can,

working as hard as you can and making sure that all the support

systems around you, like your family, your friends and all the

people from British diving, that they're supporting you constantly.

Tom, thank you so much for doing that first official dive. Good luck

for next year and for the Games themselves. Tom Daley.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE So the diving pool has officially

been christened. We'll have more from you from the Aquatics Centre

where we'll be putting the pool to the test with help from some

familiar faces. Thank you very much indeed. You enjoyed that here in

Trafalgar Square, didn't you? That was a special moment and a special

moment for Tom as well. Something tells me he might be raising the

famous roof of that place in 12 months' time. A very special moment

has arrived. It's time to invite the athletes to come to London to

compete in the Olympic Games in 12 months' time. So please welcome to

the stage delegates from the International Olympic Committee

along with the Prime Minister, From the host nations past, present

and future - leading the way, Greece, the birthplace of the

Olympic Games, and joining these representatives on stage, gymnasts

from Bromley Valley Gymnastics Centre in London, the youngest,

just seven years old. Brazil - they'll host the 2018 summer

Olympics. China is here too. They staged the last Olympics in Beijing,

of course, in 2008. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And the Winter Olympics represented as well. South Korea - they'll host

the 2018 Winter Olympics and Russia as well, hosting the 2014 Winter

Olympics. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And following them on to the stage, we have the President of the

International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, who is here to

invite the youth of the world to take part in the Olympic Games, and

Lord Coe there, who has driven London's Games so passionately

almost from the start, the Princess Royal and, of course, the Prime

Minister, David Cameron. It gives me huge pleasure to

welcome everyone here in Trafalgar Square. This is a great night for

London, a great night for Britain. It was six years ago in this Square

that we heard the news that Britain would have the opportunity to host

the Olympic Games, and six years on, with just one year to go, the sense

of excitement is even greater today than it was then, and I think this

has the makings of a great British success story. With a year to go,

it's on time. It's on budget. The great stadium is finished. The

Aquatics Centre is finished. The Velodrome is finished, and I

believe this can be a great advertisement for our country, and

we must remember what London 2012 is all about. It's about great

sport with great British athletes like Tom Daley and Chris Hoy taking

part. It's about a great legacy, not just sport for a few weeks, but

a sporting legacy for all our country for many, many years, and

it's about Great Britain letting the whole world see all that is

great about our country, our history, our present, our future,

the brilliance of our arts, the depth of our culture, the fantastic

success of our business, so we must offer the greatest ever Games in

the world's greatest country. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And with that - APPLAUSE

And with that, will you give a great, warm London welcome to the

President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge.

Good evening. On 6th, July 2005, a dream was born when the

International Olympic Committee awarded the 2012 Games to London.

The world's finest athletes began dreaming of competing in this

magnificent city in packed state- of-the-art venues and in front of

passionate crowds, as in 1908 and 1948, they knew they would be

coming to the nation that invented modern sport and the concept of

fair play. Today, their dreams come closer as we invite 202 National

Olympic Committees to the 2012 Games. The athletes will be ready,

and so will London. For this, the International Olympic Committee

thanks the very supportive public authorities, the great Locog team

under the leadership of Lord Coe and the British public for its

enthusiasm. APPLAUSE

I now according to tradition - I invite the athletes of the world to

participate in the Games of the 30th Olympiad in London one year

from today. Good luck, London. And now, the President of the IOC

will ask the representatives of the six national Olympic Committees

represented here today to accept this invitation on behalf of their

country's athletes. Accepting on behalf of the Hellenic

Olympic Committee, Cpyros Kapelos. On behalf of the Brazilian Olympic

Committee, Carlos Nuzman. APPLAUSE

On behalf of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Yu Peng.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE On behalf of the Korean Olympic

Committee, Yang Chung Park. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

On behalf of the Russian Olympic Committee, Ahmed Villalov.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE On behalf of the British Olympic

We wish all the athletes good luck when they prepare for London 2012,

and look forward to seeing them here in one year's time.

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And # London calling. To the Now, as The Feeling get ready to

perform to this huge crowd in Trafalgar Square, a glimpse of the

people down below, enjoying this wonderful moment, as London

countdown to the 2012 Olympics. Importantly, we've now reached the

stage where Jacques Rogge has invited the world's athletes to now

come to London. You saw the celebrations, now it is time to

# I. # I wish I could swim.

# Like the dolphins. # Like dolphins can swim.

# and nothing. We are joined by Chris Tomlinson,

who competed in Beijing 2008. Next up, Martin Barnard, Britain's

number one high jumper, and there Andy Tennant, the track and road

cyclist, who won a silver and bronze in a team pursuit.

We are also joined this evening by Andy Turner, Christian Malcolm, Sam

Oldham, Beth Tweddle and Ben Kelly Holmes, who won two gold medals an

incredible seven years ago at the # We can beat them.

# For ever and ever. # Oh we can be heroes.

# Just for one day. Sing it with me, come on London!

# We can be heroes, just for one day.

# Let me hear you. We can be heroes. # Just for one day.

# We can be heroes. A huge thank you to The Feeling and

the DJ, Kissy Sell Out, and wonderful to see so many of our

artists -- athletes here in Trafalgar Square. Welcome to the

celebrations. 12 months ago, this man was cycling

around the Velodrome on the Olympic Park with Sir Chris Hoy. Nothing as

strenuous this evening but something equally as important.

Please welcome, the Mayor of London, # London Calling.

Your Royal Highness, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have a new

monument in this city to the indomitability of London. A symbol

of resilience, to go with Nelson's Column, or the dome of St Paul's

rising above the smoke of the Blitz. My friends, I give you the Olympic

No sooner had this masterpiece of the Swiss art been installed than

it unexpectedly packed up. But with the help of various Swiss

chronometer us, we got it going again. And then it was attacked by

a horde of wooded crusties protesting at something or other,

and still that clock ticks on, to remind its that nothing, and no one,

is going to stop us in our work of preparing London for the greatest

event that has taken place in this city in the last 50 years. Mr

President Jacques Rogge, the streets will be ready, won't they?

The trains will be ready, the taxes will be ready, the theatres will be

ready, the buses will be ready, complete with the new upon, hop off

feature. The hotels will be ready, the bicycles will be ready, the

Olympic venues are already so ready, that we might as well call a snap

Olympics tomorrow and catch the rest of the world napping. And

above all, the people of London will be ready.

To welcome the world's finest athletes to the greatest games that

have ever been held, in the greatest city on earth. See you in

Boris, thank you. We can take it from that that London will most

definitely be ready. That ends the formal part of the evening, but it

doesn't mean we are finished. There is plenty to come. We are going to

see very shortly for the first time, those medals, the London 2012

Olympic medals that so many of these athletes will be desperate to

get their hands on next year. first, let's go back to the Olympic

Park. It is time again to make some Aquatics Centre. We are going to

celebrate one year to go, with the very first competitive race ever to

take place in the Olympic pool. Who better to take part than those who

know exactly what it is like to compete for Britain at an Olympic

double? To introduce our swimmers, over to Britain's Sydney 2000

triple-jump gold medallist, Jonathan Edwards. Thank you. This

venue is going to see some amazing races in a year time. I don't think

it is going to see anything quite like what we are about to witness.

Some of our greatest Olympians, in a way you have never seen them

before. I have the starters hooter to begin the race, let me introduce

you are going to see. In lane one, please welcome, Roger Black.

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next lane. not as good as we saw from Tom

Daley. Jamie Baulch at the top of the screen is keeping up with Mark

Foster. That is the underwater shot of Mark Foster. Let's see what is

happening, Duncan Goodhew swimming breaststroke. We have a battle for

second. Roger Black, Steve Backley, Jamie Baulch in a line. Who is

going to get it? We need a photo- finish, who knows who came in

second? The rest of the swimmers come in, what an occasion. There is

no one in lane eight at the moment, Tessa Sanderson is only halfway

down the poor. The crowd are loving it, there she is. The crowd are on

their feet. She is almost there. The rest of the athletes are

hauling themselves out, Tessa is still stroking away. Famous for

throwing beat javelin, not for the breaststroke, but that will change

now. Come on, keep your eyes on the prize, get to the wall. She is

almost there. Everyone standing ovation, as she touches the war. No

world records, but she made it, race in the pool, a big round of

applause for all of our Olympians. The very first people to swim in

so much to look forward to next year. From the Aquatics Centre,

Congratulations, and Tessa putting in a great performance. We want

some barley and performances at the Olympic Park. Time for the world

exclusive. -- we want some valiant For a world exclusive look at the

The box will be opened and we will unveil the medals in a moment. All

the Olympic athletes would love to get their hands on his mettle,

which gives them a chance to walk in the footsteps of those who have

gone before them -- get their hands on this medal. And create their

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Some truly magical moments, and here is the man who was the driving

force behind London 2012, and he has four Olympic medals to his name.

Sophie, in this box, are the medals. They are the things that the

athletes, at this very moment, are dreaming about, and striving for.

I'm very proud that they are a British medal, they are designed by

a Londoner, they are made at the Royal Mint in Wales. I am delighted

to be able to ask the Princess Suddenly, it all seems very real.

Those medals will be fought for in 2012. These athletes would love to

get their hands on them but it is a year's wait and a lot of hard work

before they get the opportunity. The message is very clear, we will

be ready and it will be a games to remember. Just imagine, next time -

- this time next year, the Olympic Stadium will be packed, 80,000