Team GB chef de mission Andy Hunt believes preparations for next year's London Olympics have "moved up another gear" despite the recent rioting across the country.
Test events have been held over recent weeks in preparation for the Games, with both basketball and BMX set to be tested this week at the Olympic Park.
Hunt has attended all the test events so far and was quick to praise the organising committee for its successful events.
"Since the one year to go mark passed at the end of last month the preparations for London 2012 have definitely moved up another gear, just as the sensational Mark Cavendish did in his sprint for the finish line down the Mall to win the London Prepares road race on Sunday," he said.
"The London Organising Committee (LOCOG) are to be congratulated for putting on a string of successful test events so far.
"I've attended all 15 of them, from sailing in Weymouth to rowing in Eton, canoeing in Broxbourne to triathlon in Hyde Park.
"The test events provide a vital opportunity for the BOA, and our colleagues within the sport National Governing Bodies, to test our operations and use the feedback to develop our detailed plans for execution with Team GB next summer."
While the test events have been successful on the whole, sporting events across the country have been effected by the rioting.
England's friendly against Holland was postponed last week at the height of the trouble while in the Premier League Everton's trip to Tottenham, where the riots began, was also unable to go ahead as planned.
"Perhaps the biggest test of all over the past fortnight has been the riots," said Hunt.
"While there can be no doubt that the images of violence were damaging, in some ways, it underscores why events such as the Olympic Games are so vitally important in our world today.
"A year from now, London will be the city where the world comes together in a spirit of friendship, peace, understanding and human excellence.
"London will be the city where we see the very best examples of humanity - and those images will be far different from what we have seen the past week."
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As well as the organisational side, the British Olympic Association chief executive officer was quick to praise athletes for their performances in the test events.
"Great Britain's athletes have been in truly outstanding form across a wide range of sports," added Hunt.
"Helen Jenkins and Alistair Brownlee got fantastic victories in the women's and men's triathlons followed by another win for Ben Ainslie in the sailing, before Mark Cavendish showed his class in the road cycling.
"Combined with exciting performances from young athletes in badminton and beach volleyball last week, these results certainly add encouragement to our ambition of winning more medals from more sports than we have done in over a hundred years next summer."
