The London 2012 Olympic Games will begin on the 27^th of July 2012 and Omega, famous for world timekeeping watches, have launched a Countdown Clock marking 500 days to the start of the 2012 Olympics.

The Countdown Clock was unveiled in Trafalgar Square with hundreds of people there to watch. In a blaze of stunning fireworks the unveiling of the Countdown Clock was attended by LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games ) Chair Seb Coe, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Jessica Ennis Omega watches ambassador and world champion heptathlete and President of Omega, Stephen Urquhart.

LOCOG Chair Seb Coe said: ‘The launch of the OMEGA Countdown Clock is an important milestone for any Olympic Games and is something of a tradition within the Olympic Movement. It will be a daily and hourly reminder to everyone who visits Trafalgar Square that the countdown to the start of London 2012 has well and truly begun and that the greatest show on earth is soon coming to our country.

‘Athletes’ careers are based on timing and I hope that this milestone moment excites and inspires them to compete at the highest level in 2012. Athletes hoping to compete in the Olympic Games are in the final stretch of their preparation and the next 500 days will be crucial to them as their dream of competing in a Games comes closer to reality.’

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