London's 2012 Olympic Village, which will house thousands of gold medal hopefuls, was handed over to Games organizers six months to the day before opening ceremonies begin.
(CNN) -- We're just four months away from the London Olympics and the city is nearly ready to greet thousands of athletes and millions of visitors.
As part of CNN's coverage of London 2012, World Sport presenter Don Riddell will be presenting a live webcast on CNN.com and CNN iPhone and iPad apps on Wednesday at 5.30pm GMT, 6.30pm CET, 1.30pm ET.
Living and working in London, Don has reported on the Games since the British capital won the vote to stage the sporting showpiece in 2005.
To mark 200 days until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, British Prime Minister David Cameron held a meeting with his cabinet on court at the purpose-built handball arena. London will become the first city to host the Games three times when the action begins in July, having previously staged the Olympics in 1908 and 1948.
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This picture, released by the Olympic Delivery Authority, offers a glimpse of what lies within the grounds of the purpose-built accomodation, which consists of 2,800 apartments.
In 2009, some 1,400 of the apartments were sold for $400 million to be rented by London's local government bodies. The Qatari government bought the remaining apartments in an $800 million deal which will also see it own and manage the village.
Britain's four-time Olympic rowing gold medalist Matthew Pinsent was on hand to help move some of the 16,000 beds into the complex.
In addition to the thousands of beds, 11,000 sofas and 5,000 toilet brushes will be brought in before the Games begin on July 27.
Pinsent, who claimed his medals in the coxless four and coxless pair rowing events, also helped to bed the plants which will decorate the complex's communal areas.
The Olympic Park is also nearly completed ahead of the four-yearly Games' opening ceremony.
Cameron (center left) is joined by Olympic secretary Jeremy Hunt (far left), London mayor Boris Johnson (center right) and chairman of the London 2012 organizing committee Sebastian Coe in a stroll round the Aquatics Centre.
A large clock in London's iconic Trafalgar Square counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the opening ceremony begins on July 27.
A shot of the Olympic Park site in the Stratford area of east London from April 2006, shortly after construction work began.
The site had been completely transformed by December 2011, with the newly-constructed Olympic Stadium (right) the main attraction. This picture also shows the Aquatics Centre (far left), with the Water Polo Arena in the foreground. Also visible is the 115-meter high steel structure known as The Orbit.
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