Competitors told Olympic Park isn't ready just TWO WEEKS before opening ceremony



Athletes have begun arriving in the UK ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games but the main park is still a construction site with less than two weeks to go until the opening ceremony.



More than 40 team bosses met on Friday at Athletes' Village, one of the seven ve nues located within the Olympic park, but were shocked to discover that it is not finished.

National teams have been told to stay away from the park, in East London, until July 23.



Embarrassing: Athletes have been told the Olympic Park is not yet ready

It is believed the bad weather and recent security issues may have caused the delays.

But Locog, the London Organising Committee, has said work was on schedule.



A member of one of the national teams told The Sunday Telegraph: 'We were told the Olympic Park won’t open until the 23rd.



'This is a week later than what we expected.

'We were assured they are relatively minor but it has come as a surprise because we had been told for some months now that the park was on time and ready, and it isn’t.’

Soldiering On: Troops arrive at the Olympic Park after private security contractor G4S failed to recruit enough staff

The park will host sports including athletics, swimming, hockey and cycling.

Athletes have been told their training programmes will not be disrupted.

The latest embarrassment comes after the Olympic security staff G4S's boss, Nick Buckles, was forced to apologise for failing to recruit enough staff.



He also did not know whether all security guards the company had recruited could speak fluent English.

The company now stands at losing up to £50 million on its £284 million contract with the Games organisers, Locog, as a result of the fiasco.