The Olympic cauldron is lit after it was moved from the infield to its resting position at the Olympic Stadium during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London.
The Olympic cauldron is lit after it was moved from the infield to its resting position at the Olympic Stadium during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. Jae C. Hong, Associated Press
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"From the euphoria of that night in Singapore, it doesn't take long to wake up one day and say 'Holy crap, we've got a lot to do.'" — Rod Sheard, architect for the Olympic Stadium, on the massive amount of work that must be done between the time an Olympics is awarded to a city and the opening ceremony.

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