London 2012 organisers say they are ready to welcome the world to the Olympics in 100 days' time.
A series of events have been planned to highlight the landmark as the countdown to the Games begins in earnest.
London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton said the preparations are proceeding according to plan - being both on time and within budget.
Deighton told the Press Association: "We are absolutely where we want to be with 100 days to go - we are ready to welcome the world to London.
"Millions of people around the UK are getting ready to celebrate the biggest event in sport.
"Eight million of the 11 million tickets have been sold to people in Britain and we are sure that Brits will get hold of a chunk of the other three million too."
Many of the test events have already been held at the venues, but a big one comes on the first weekend of May with a cluster of events in the Olympic Park where 80,000 people are expected to attend, including 50,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium to watch the London Disability Athletics Challenge.
Deighton said many lessons had already been learned from the test events, including in relation to security procedures.
There have also been opportunities to improve some of the venues for sports.
The BMX track has been altered to cut the effect of high wind at the first jump, and the surface has also been changed after rain at the test event last August caused problems for the cyclists.
Modern pentathlon have brought in changes to their shooting event, while the basketball arena has been altered so that players do not have to go outside when walking from their waiting area into the arena.
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Deighton said: "The test events have done what we really wanted them to do which was to give a real test on the field of play, to make sure that the surfaces and technology is right.
"It also gives an opportunity to bring the workforce for that venue together in an operational sense, and experience how the team operates at that venue.
"It has been quite reassuring. Things have gone wrong, because things always do go wrong at events, and the issue is to have the teams in place to fix these things.
"Nothing however has made us radically change our plans."
Organisers have also been able to monitor the speed of queues while spectators are going through security checks. This was tested rigorously at the beach volleyball event at Horse Guards Parade, a stone's throw from the House of Commons, where it emerged that even the weather could have an effect on the movement of the queues.
"We have been forensic with what we have tested, where," added Deighton.
"At Horse Guards Parade with beach volleyball we did a very careful test of the security screening and understanding what makes lines go faster and slower.
"It is very helpful to know the effect of rain on the speed of the lines for example."
Deighton is also supremely confident that all revenue targets will be exceeded - the remaining ticket sales alone should easily cover the £200m gap to reach the revenue target.
Income from sponsors has already exceeded the target and merchandise sales will add to that.
London 2012 organisers say they are ready to welcome the world to the Olympics in 100 days' time.
A series of events have been planned to highlight the landmark as the countdown to the Games begins...
London 2012 organisers say they are ready to welcome the world to the Olympics in 100 days' time.
A series of events have been planned to highlight the landmark as the countdown to the Games begins...
London 2012 Olympic participants may have more of their nearest and dearest watching them after all. Each competitor has been allocated two tickets for family...
british tax payers dont want the olympics,taxes have gone up,people who live on the canals in certain areas have been hounded out,folk that have lived on the rivers have been scared off,with license fee's spiralling out of most peoples pay packet,and roads being designated for the olympic elite,oh and biased traffic lights,and will take decades to pay off
zownlow: british tax payers dont want the olympics,taxes have gone up,people
I am counting down the 117 days till its over, then there will be no more excuses for wasting tax payers money on events for the rich and conservative.
vermithrax: I am counting down the 117 days till its over,
The Olympics used to be a series of sport events without all this Hype and commercialism that is surrounding this one. I for once will not be going but instead will watch the highlights on TV. Much more confortable then trying to get to the venues by public transport. It promises to be a public transport nightmare. The tube system can hardly cope with rush hours now, one can well imagine what it will be like with the forecasted extra visitors, who will have to pay well over inflatated accomodation prices among other things, and a bus system that will not be able to cope either. On an economic matter, I believe that the council rates were increased in order to part fund the Olympics Project, we now look forward to a reduction of Council Rates for the year 2013/2014. I am sure it will not happen, some feeble excuse will be found.
Nicolo_Macchiavelli: The Olympics used to be a series of sport events
Once the world's seen the wonders of the East End of London, they wont want to go home again. Take pity on the UK Border Force who are going to be tearing around like sheepdogs trying to round up the strays after it's all over. Roll on 2013, I can't wait for the whole fiasco to finish and the final bill is calculated and I'm quite sure that I'm not alone in thinking that. I predict that we'll be losing our shirts over this exercise and the East End is going to be left with an Olympic park that nobody will use. The money would have been better spent providing jobs for the cockneys, not inflating the already over inflated ego of "Lord" Coe.
Blindstu: Once the world's seen the wonders of the East End
Couldn't agree with you more.. I'm sick to death of it already, even the TV adverts have been taken over by it...
Like you say, money should have been put to a better use....
More jobs! Better NHS! Better housing! And more council housing, co's we all can't afford to get on the property market...
confusedlady: Couldn't agree with you more.. I'm sick to death of
Neither can my two sons and still the government allows more and more foreigners to enter the country and in doing so, increase the pressure on the jobs and housing markets. When does it all stop, when the entire country is covered in concrete and tarmac perhaps?
Blindstu: Neither can my two sons and still the government allows
If what you say wasn't true, I'd have a good laugh at that but I think it's about time they stopped the joke. The East End has always accepted a large number of immigrants but it's only the recent influx that have tried and are being successful in changing the face of the community to suit their own ends. Some rejoice in that change and call it diversity because that sounds better but I see it as the destruction of our own culture. Exactly though.......where have all the cockney's gone?
Blindstu: If what you say wasn't true, I'd have a good
AAAArrrgghhhhhhhhhhhh, Another overrated money orientated sham. Christmas I mean.
I,m going to have a bath now while I play with the hair dryer and see if it floats while plugged in.
dirtyboy: AAAArrrgghhhhhhhhhhhh, Another overrated money orientated sham. Christmas I mean. I,m
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