Beijing Olympics no pressure on 2012 Games, London Olympics organizers say

8月22日，2008北京国际新闻中心举行2012年伦敦奥运会新闻发布会，伦敦奥组委主席等有关人士将向中外记者介绍有关伦敦2012年奥运会的组织工作做了回答。

Organizers of the 2012 London Olympics said on Friday the success of the Beijing Olympic Games did not put pressure on the British capital, but rather great inspiration and responsibility.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012, told a press conference here that Sunday's official handover ceremony would mark the start of Britain's four-year "cultural Olympiad". It would also provide the opportunity to present Britain's appeal to a global audience.

Coe believed the Beijing Games were very successful and had a detailed plan leading to the success from the very beginning, something which his team had learned much from.

He cited the track and field events at the Games as an example, saying it was "handled extremely well" as the system for transporting participants from the Olympic Village to the stadium was very efficient.

Coe was quite satisfied with the performance of British athletes in Beijing as they inspired London organizers to stage a successful Games.

Christopher Rodrigues, the Visit Britain chairman, said it would remind the world the United Kingdom was the birthplace of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as sports such as rugby, cricket and tennis. The city held the 1948 Summer Olympics after a 12-year interruption caused by the outbreak of World War II.

London will take over as host city of the Olympics at the end of the Beijing Olympics' closing ceremony on Sunday. Guitarist Jimmy Page, footballer David Beckham and singer Leona Lewis are to appear in the eight minute handover performance of the event.

Paul Deighton, the London committee chief executive, said the volunteers at the Beijing Games had done a brilliant job. He clearly remembered "the smiles of their faces trying to help us with everything we want to do". There are going to be 70,000 volunteers working at the London Games, roughly the same as the Beijing Games.

He said about 9 million tickets would be with the London Games but "how they would be allocated has yet to be decided." "Our objective is to ensure there is the broadest possible participation from many countries as we can."

Similar to the Beijing Games' transportation plan, the London Games would ensure all ticketed spectators arrive at venues by public transport and there would be no private car parking.

Deighton said there were going to be 10 separate train lines coming to the Olympic Park from different parts of London, which involved a significant transport investment.

He said the budget for the infrastructure in the London Games was 9.3 billion pounds (17.26 billion U.S. dollars). The infrastructure construction was "really a regeneration project, stimulated by the Games," he said.

"The government budget is funded mostly by general taxpayers, partly by lottery players and partly by London taxpayers."

8月22日，2008北京国际新闻中心举行2012年伦敦奥运会新闻发布会，伦敦奥组委主席等有关人士将向中外记者介绍有关伦敦2012年奥运会的组织工作做了回答。

科尔勋爵（伦敦奥组委主席）：首先感谢大家不辞辛劳地参加今天下午的发布会。在我发言之前，我要对北京奥组委说一声感谢。我本人和我们的奥组委执行主席从三年前开始进行我们的工作直到现在，我们从北京奥组委那里得到了非常大的慷慨的帮助，使我们取得今天的成绩。对于我们这些团队的成员来说，我们也是一个学习的过程，这个过程也能够帮助他们举行一届成功的奥运会。我们非常高兴地看到，眼前有一个活生生的例子，就是现在北京举行的奥运会，这样的例子并不是特别多的，这是一个非常好的机会，能够帮助我们在伦敦举办一届成功的奥运会起到非常大的作用。

另外还有一点，北京的奥运会是非常非常成功的。我们现在目睹北京奥运会巨大的成功，这个成功的基础就是因为早做规划，从一开始就进行非常详细的规划。我们都知道，对于运动员来说，准备得早，你的工作就会越顺利，这样才能够为这些运动员和奥林匹克大家庭奉献一届成功的奥运会。

我们其实不认为北京奥运会的成功举办对我们来说是压力，我们认为这对我们来说更多的是一种责任。对每一个奥运会举办的城市来说，它都有责任举办一届成功的奥运会，向世界展示该城市最良好的形象，为奥林匹克体育运动也留下一份非常好的遗产。对我们团队来说，我们认为北京奥运会的成功不是压力，反而我们觉得我们有更多的责任，有更多的精力，更激励我们接下来的准备伦敦奥运会的活动，并且努力举办一届非常成功的伦敦奥运会。

另外，关于您有关绿色奥运的问题，我们所更加关注的是奥林匹克运动的这种可持续的发展，我们希望以一种对环境友好的方式来举办一届奥运会。我们想这对于奥运会来说是非常重要的一点，包括使得这些场馆不但在比赛的时候能够有效的利用，同时在比赛结束之后也能够可持续的利用下去，能够被当地的老百姓利用起来。