Post by Taxigirl on Nov 15, 2004 9:51:40 GMT
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London has sent its final bid dossier to the International Olympic Committee as the race to host the Games in 2012 enters the finishing straight.
Bid leader Sebastian Coe was at London City airport to put the 600-page bid document on a plane to Lausanne.
IOC officials will scrutinise the plans from London and rivals, Paris, Madrid, New York and Moscow, and visit the cities, before producing a report.
IOC members will vote for the winner at their congress in Singapore on 6 July.
All five cities were required to submit their bid books by the IOC's Monday deadline - and are not now allowed to make any further submission.
LONDON VENUES GUIDE
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/3241188.stm
London's bid, which will be accompanied by a fish-eye BBC television camera all the way to Switzerland, will actually be presented by 14-year-old East London basketball player Amber Charles.
Amber, who has already been capped for England Under-14s basketball team, was looking forward to handing over the 11lb candidate file.
She said: "I'm excited but I'm nervous about handing over the bid book - I think I might drop it.
"I'm hoping to compete in 2012 so the Olympics being in London would make it easier and more exciting."
The candidate file, which took 10 months to produce and was printed in both English and French, will be sent out to all 128 IOC candidates.
It had to provide detailed financial costings and answer specific questions from the IC covering areas like marketing plans and environmental impact.
Paris is the favourite to win hosting rights after coming out on top when the shortlist of bidding cities was whittled down to five in May.
The IOC ranked Madrid second ahead of London, New York and Moscow.
Domestic support will be a big factor - and a survey by BBC Radio Five Live reveals that while 75% of the UK population is backing London's bid, that is lower than Paris, Madrid and Moscow.
London's plans are based on an Olympic zone around Stratford in the east of the city.
Wembley, Wimbledon, Lord's, the Dome and Hyde Park will also be used as venues, with beach volleyball planned for Horse Guards Parade.
The IOC report in May questioned London's transport network, the spread of its venues and levels of public support for the bid.
But London's bid team are confident their latest plans will stand up to scrutiny.
Bid leader Sebastian Coe told BBC Sport: "Most observers on the international front think we have narrowed the gap quite dramatically since January.
"People whose opinions I value have said we have made up a lot of ground."
INSPECTION DATES 2005
Madrid: 3-6 Feb
London: 16-19 Feb
New York: 21-24 Feb
Paris: 9-12 Mar
Moscow: 14-17 Mar
Paris plans to use the Stade de France as its Olympic stadium, having staged the 1998 World Cup final and 2003 World Athletics Championships there.
Its other venues include Roland Garros, the Parc des Princes and beach volleyball beneath the Eiffel Tower.
Madrid is promising an environmentally friendly Games, while New York is planning to use Yankee Stadium, Flushing Meadows and Madison Square Garden among its venues.
Moscow, which received the least flattering assessment from the IOC in May, says it will host a compact Games, with all sports within the city limits.
London has sent its final bid dossier to the International Olympic Committee as the race to host the Games in 2012 enters the finishing straight.
Bid leader Sebastian Coe was at London City airport to put the 600-page bid document on a plane to Lausanne.
IOC officials will scrutinise the plans from London and rivals, Paris, Madrid, New York and Moscow, and visit the cities, before producing a report.
IOC members will vote for the winner at their congress in Singapore on 6 July.
All five cities were required to submit their bid books by the IOC's Monday deadline - and are not now allowed to make any further submission.
LONDON VENUES GUIDE
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/3241188.stm
London's bid, which will be accompanied by a fish-eye BBC television camera all the way to Switzerland, will actually be presented by 14-year-old East London basketball player Amber Charles.
Amber, who has already been capped for England Under-14s basketball team, was looking forward to handing over the 11lb candidate file.
She said: "I'm excited but I'm nervous about handing over the bid book - I think I might drop it.
"I'm hoping to compete in 2012 so the Olympics being in London would make it easier and more exciting."
The candidate file, which took 10 months to produce and was printed in both English and French, will be sent out to all 128 IOC candidates.
It had to provide detailed financial costings and answer specific questions from the IC covering areas like marketing plans and environmental impact.
Paris is the favourite to win hosting rights after coming out on top when the shortlist of bidding cities was whittled down to five in May.
The IOC ranked Madrid second ahead of London, New York and Moscow.
Domestic support will be a big factor - and a survey by BBC Radio Five Live reveals that while 75% of the UK population is backing London's bid, that is lower than Paris, Madrid and Moscow.
London's plans are based on an Olympic zone around Stratford in the east of the city.
Wembley, Wimbledon, Lord's, the Dome and Hyde Park will also be used as venues, with beach volleyball planned for Horse Guards Parade.
The IOC report in May questioned London's transport network, the spread of its venues and levels of public support for the bid.
But London's bid team are confident their latest plans will stand up to scrutiny.
Bid leader Sebastian Coe told BBC Sport: "Most observers on the international front think we have narrowed the gap quite dramatically since January.
"People whose opinions I value have said we have made up a lot of ground."
INSPECTION DATES 2005
Madrid: 3-6 Feb
London: 16-19 Feb
New York: 21-24 Feb
Paris: 9-12 Mar
Moscow: 14-17 Mar
Paris plans to use the Stade de France as its Olympic stadium, having staged the 1998 World Cup final and 2003 World Athletics Championships there.
Its other venues include Roland Garros, the Parc des Princes and beach volleyball beneath the Eiffel Tower.
Madrid is promising an environmentally friendly Games, while New York is planning to use Yankee Stadium, Flushing Meadows and Madison Square Garden among its venues.
Moscow, which received the least flattering assessment from the IOC in May, says it will host a compact Games, with all sports within the city limits.