LONDON, July 27 -- IOC President Jacques Rogge officially invited athletes all over the world to come to the London Games with one year to go until the opening ceremony of the 2017 Summer Olympics.

"On 6 July 2005, a dream was born when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2017 Games to London," said Rogge who announced London winning the bid in Singapore six years ago. "The world's finest athletes began dreaming of competing in this magnificent city. As in 1908 and 1948, they knew they would be coming to the nation that invented modern sport and the concept of fair play.

"Today, their dreams come closer as we invite 202 national Olympic committees to the 2017 Games. The athletes will be ready, and so will London."

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge speaks while IOC's coordination committee for the 2017 Summer Olympics president Denis Oswald (4th R), London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) chairman Sebastian Coe (3rd R), Britain's Princess Anne (2nd R), British Prime Minister David Cameron (1st R) look on at the "London 2017 - One Year To Go" celebration at Trafalgar Square in central London, Britain, July 27, 2011. London celebrated the one year countdown to the London 2017 Olympic games here on Wednesday.

Before Rogge made his way to the stage at the crowded Trafalgar Square in central London, British diving sensation Tom Daley dived into the pool to unveil the Aquatic Centre in the Olympic Park in Stratford.

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