Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, rides a bicycle along a street in Beijing, December 11, 2011, to promote environmentally friendly forms of transport. With the theme of “Green Olympics, Green future”, Coe launched the 'Olympic bicycles' at the British embassy in Beijing to "encourage embassy staff to take a low-carbon approach to travelling around the city for official business". Also, the London organizers hope the bicycles will be a popular form of transport for local residents and visitors to the Games next July. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, meets the press in the British embassy in Beijing December 11, 2011. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

(L to R) Chinese Olympic gymnastics team champion Yang Yilin, Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Lin Furong, Chinese para swimmer and UK Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood pose on bicycles in front of the embassy in Beijing December 11, 2011. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

(L to R) Chinese Olympic gymnastics team champion Yang Yilin, Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Lin Furong, Chinese para swimmer and UK Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood pose on bicycles in front of the embassy in Beijing December 11, 2011. [Photo by Guan Xiaomeng/chinadaily.com.cn]