Today marks 18 months until the opening of the London Olympic Games on July 27 2012 . London is already well on track to be ready in time for the games with a number of venues including the Weymouth/Portsmouth sailing venue, the rowing venue at Eton Durney and the purpose-built Lee Valley White Water Centre which will host Canoe Slalom already complete. There are currently more than12,000 people working on the Olympic Park and Athletes' Village construction sites and all permanent venues are on track to be completed by July this year, one year out from the games. New Zealand Olympic Team Chef de Mission Dave Currie is delighted that preparations for the London Games are on schedule. We are looking forward to a top quality games, he said. Selection into the Olympic Team represents the pinnacle of sporting excellence and New Zealand athletes can be confident venues and facilities will be of the highest standard as they take on the rest of the world. Current Olympic, Commonwealth and World Champion Valerie Adams is pleased with how things are progressing allowing her to remain focused on her 2011 campaign. "Its going to be an awesome games for New Zealand. Ive got a bit to do this year first, but with New Zealand Olympic Committee and the London organisers so well prepared I can stay focused on my own build up". New Zealand National Sporting Organisations will provide a long list of athletes in the running for the Olympic Games in July this year and the nomination and selection process will commence at the end of 2011. New Zealand Olympic Committee representatives have visited London twice to date and a three more trips are planned to monitor progress before athletes begin arriving in July next year. The New Zealand Olympic Committee will launch its London 2012 Olympic campaign on March 15 2011, which will mark 500 days out from the games.
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