Seb Coe praises UK and London's presence at Shanghai Expo

The UK Pavilion, run by public diplomacy partners the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UKTI, VisitBritain and the British Council, incorporates a London 2012 legacy area in its futuristic display – including a large ‘green map’ of the 2.5-square-kilometre Olympic Park in east London. Present at the UK Pavilion were Chinese Paralympians, including Yao Fan, a silver medallist at Beijing 2008.

Sebastian Coe, LOCOG Chair, said: ‘I am proud that sport has been in so many ways the catalyst for regeneration in east London and I’m delighted that this is reflected in London’s offering for Expo 2010. With regeneration on such a scale for the Olympic and Paralympic Games comes great responsibility, so sustainability underpins all of our plans – from the way venues are constructed to the way we stage the Games.’

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