Are the Games on track?

摘要

A year ago today an elated London celebrated its successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics. On the anniversary of the triumph, Russ Lynch finds mixed views on what progress has been made towards putting on the greatest sports event on Earth. The pressure from an expectant nation is overwhelming. Poised on the line, waiting for the starting gun, the runner can barely contemplate the price of failure. Forget the far-off medals and anthems. Before the real competition begins, the UK construction industry faces the race of its life to deliver the 2012 Games safely, on time and on budget.