London needs to get a move on with its Olympic plans and there are no regrets about awarding the 2008 Games to Beijing, according to the International Olympic Committee president.

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live sports news, Jacques Rogge, said that London “is doing OK” but must work at delivering the Games on time and finding an anchor tenant for the stadium after the event.

Responding to criticism from human rights campaigners about China’s support for the military regime in Burma and supplying arms to Sudan, Rogge insists the IOC was right in its decision to give the Games to Beijing.

He said: “We gave the Games to a country that represents one fifth of mankind. We gave the Games to a country that will change, that is changing.

“Why would we be able to succeed where generations of heads of state and governments who have come to Beijing have not succeeded? We are a sports organisation – there are limits to what we can do.”