Countdown to London 2012

Performers entertain visitors at the Olympic Park in East London on July 22, 2012 five days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. (AFP)

Australian swimmers pause for photos with the Olympic rings at the Athletes' Village at the Olympic Park in east London on July 22, 2012. The opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games are scheduled for  July 27.  (AFP)

British soldiers walk near the Olympic stadium at the Olympic Park in London on July 22, 2012. The London 2012 Olympic Games begins on July 27, 2012. (AFP)

Tourists snap pictures with Olympic mascots in front of the Tower Bridge ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games on July 22, 2012 in London, England. (Getty Images/AFP)

A woman bearing a British flag in her hat as she takes sanpshots of the Tower Bridge in advance of the 2012 Olympic Games on July 22, 2012 in London, England. (Getty Images/AFP)

Members of the "British Chinese Project" pose with a Olympic torch in front of the Tower Bridge in central London on July 22, 2012 five days before the start of the 2012 London Olympic Games. (AFP)

London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) chairman Sebastian Coe talks to volunteer games makers as he visits Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport in London on July 22, 2012 as athletes and officials arrive in the country for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Games will begin officially on July 27. (AFP)

The Olympic Rings are seen at the Olympic Park in East London on July 22, 2012 five days ahead of the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. (AFP)

Olympic mascot "Beefeater Mandeville" is displayed on a footpath on the banks of the river Thames in central London on July 22, 2012.  The London 2012 Olympic Games begin on July 27, 2012. (AFP)

The London Eye is seen on the south bank of the river Thames in central London on July 22, 2012.  The London 2012 Olympic Games begin on July 27, 2012. (AFP)

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