(L to R) Lin Furong, Chinese para swimmer, Yang Yilin, Chinese Olympic gymnastics team champion, Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and UK Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood pose on bicycles in front of the embassy in Beijing December 11, 2011. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Lord Sebastian Coe (R), president of the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, meets the press in the British embassy in Beijing December 11, 2011. [Photo by Guan Xiaomeng/chinadaily.com.cn]