London's 2012 bid comes under scrutiny

16 February 2005

The International Olympic Committee have begun their four days of inspection.

Bid chairman Lord Coe will make a presentation before famous British Olympians Sir Steve Redgrave and Kelly Holmes address the evaluation team.

Transport will come under the microscope later today. The team will inspect plans for the Tube, Docklands Light Railway and the St Pancras to Stratford rail shuttle which would take 25,000 passengers an hour directly to the Games.

On Thursday the commission will be split into three parties and taken around the proposed venues - from Wembley, Lord's and Wimbledon to Hyde Park, the Dome and the proposed Olympic village in the east of the city.

Then on Friday they will visit Downing Street.

Extra information

The other bidding cities are Madrid, New York, Paris and Moscow.

London, which is the second city to be inspected, last hosted the Olympics in 1948.

The IOC will make its decision on which city will host the 2012 Games on 6 July.

Useful websites

• Olympic 2012 bid (opens in new window)
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (opens in new window)