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Chairman Sebastian Coe fears that heavy rains in the UK could ruin the London Olympics. According to the Daily Mail, Coe admitted the weather is causing logistical problems for organizers, but pledged that contingency plans are in place to deal with such problems. “This is a challenge,” Coe said, speaking at the first LOCOG daily briefing, adding: “We have got waterlogged sites, resurfacing that is taking place in some areas, particularly in some of the more sensitive and rural sites, Greenwich Park and Eton Dorney”. “We're laying down a track way and services for spectators and vehicles now and through the Games. Now we are building additional shelters for our workforce,” he said. Those attending events at rural venues have been advised by organisers LOCOG to wear wellies, and Coe said that the organisers are ‘making sensible and prudent judgements’ to keep the Games on track. “We of course do have contingencies across the whole project,” he said. “We have got an alternative sailing course available to us in Weymouth and we have, of course, the famous roof at Wimbledon ,” he said. Despite weather issues, Coe insisted that everything is on schedule ahead of the opening ceremony that takes place in 10 days. The Games could be one the wettest of any summer Olympics if the rain continued and the long-term forecast is for changeable conditions. June was one of the wettest on record in the UK , with torrential rainfall causing floods in many areas around the country, and the April - June quarter was the wettest second quarter in the UK since records began in 1910.

London Olympics chairman Coe fears rains could ruin Games