One year to go until the 2012 London Olympics

Lord Sebastian Coe (C), Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee, speaks to the media at St Pancras International Station in central London, on July 27, 2011. The one-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics got under way on Wednesday with officials bullishly predicting London was on course to deliver the best ever games with 12 months to go. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge was set to extend a formal invitation to the world's athletes during a 7:00pm ceremony at Trafalgar Square in the culmination of day-long events to mark the one-year milestone. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)