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Seb Coe shows Gordon Brown and Sarah Brown the Stadium site from the bridge that links the site offices to the construction zone:



Piling will create 4,000 concrete columns in the ground that will then become the foundations for the Stadium structure:



Latest viewing of the Olympic Stadium - you can see the 2012 hoardings that surround the construction zone and beyond the piling rigs at work. In the far distance is the 'bowl cut', where the below ground-level seating will bring spectators closer to the action. This is a viewpoint we'll be taking pictures from over the coming months and years as the Stadium comes out of the ground:



The Prime Minister was able to walk onto the Stadium site within a designated safe area and chat with some of the construction workers:



Chris Tomlinson, Long jump and Goldie Sayers, Javelin were also at the event and chatted to Gordon Brown and John Armitt: