London 2012 organisers have revealed that a team of 50 delegates has spent time at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, to take advantage of a "final opportunity" to learn from the Games.

Members of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) were tasked with experiencing Games-time operations and how a city functions during the event to ensure London 2012 is a success. Four key areas in which Vancouver "excelled" were identified by LOCOG; the first being putting sport at the heart of the events. Service; stadia and courses and spectator sites were the three other elements.

LOCOG chair Sebastian Coe said: "The Olympic Games in Vancouver will leave enduring memories where the athletes, organisers and people of the city came together to stage a truly memorable event. "The four 'S's we've identified - sport, service, stadia and sites - give us real food for thought and an added level of detail to our planning as we become the next taxi off the Olympic Games rank."

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