Britain Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, right, and Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee, pose in front of a powerline pylon, as it is removed at the 2012 Olympic Park site in London, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. Work began on removing the first of 52 pylons which dominate the Olympic Park landscape, and which are to be replaced by a tunnel. A British newspaper is reporting that Jowell admitted to leisure industry bosses at a dinner earlier in the week, that there would likely have been no bid for the games had officials known a recession was approaching.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)