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Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion [[Sebastian Coe]] and the then-[[Mayor of London|London mayor]] [[Ken Livingstone]], London was selected as the host city at the [[117th IOC Session]] in [[Singapore]] on 6&nbsp;July 2005, defeating bids from [[Moscow]], [[New York City]], [[Madrid]], and [[Paris]].<ref name="Election">{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Future-Olympic-Games/Summer/London-2012|title=London 2012: Election|website=olympic.org|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005010107/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Future-Olympic-Games/Summer/London-2012|archive-date=5 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> London became the first city to host the modern Olympics [[London Olympics|three times]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4654821.stm|title=Coe promises Olympics to remember|work=BBC Sport|date=6 July 2005|access-date=3 August 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110609063729/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4654821.stm|archive-date=9 June 2011}}</ref>{{efn|[[Athens]] has also hosted three [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]]-organised events, in [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and the [[Intercalated Games]] in [[1906 Intercalated Games|1906]]. However, the 1906 Games are no longer officially recognised by the IOC, as they do not fit with the quadrennial pattern of the modern Olympics.}} having previously hosted the Summer Games in [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7361921.stm|title=London's first Olympics|work=BBC Sport|date=26 April 2008|access-date=3 August 2008|first=Mark|last=Barden|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501025441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7361921.stm|archive-date=1 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/olympics_1948_gallery.shtml|title=The 1948 London Olympics Gallery|work=BBC History|last=Greenberg|first=Stan|date=3 March 2011|access-date=3 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718202435/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/olympics_1948_gallery.shtml|archive-date=18 July 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on [[sustainability]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/plans/sustainability/getting-ready/index.php|title=Building a sustainable Games|publisher=London 2012|access-date=2 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018073244/http://www.london2012.com/plans/sustainability/getting-ready/index.php|archive-date=18 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The main focus was a new {{convert|200|ha|acre|adj=on}} [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park|Olympic Park]], constructed on a former industrial site in [[Stratford, London|Stratford, East London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newham.gov.uk/2012Games/AboutThe2012Games/TheOlympicPark.htm|title=Newham London: The Olympic Park|publisher=London Borough of Newham|access-date=1 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424194043/http://www.newham.gov.uk/2012Games/AboutThe2012Games/TheOlympicPark.htm|archive-date=24 April 2012}}</ref> The Games also made use of [[Venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics|venues]] that already existed before the bid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/mm%5CDocument%5CPublications%5CCandidateFile%5C01%5C24%5C07%5C59%5Cquestionnaire-response-english.pdf|title=Response to the questionnaire for cities applying to become Candidate cities to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad and the Paralympic Games in 2012|publisher=London 2012|access-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722094808/http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Publications/CandidateFile/01/24/07/59/questionnaire-response-english.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>