The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have brought forward plans to introduce new versions of their controversial logo, following widespread outcry over the design.
The basic version of the jagged-edged logo, unveiled a month ago, was in blocks of bright pink, orange, green and blue. The organisers have now accelerated plans to roll out versions featuring pictures of athletes, such as a child practising martial arts.
"We had originally planned to establish the design for a couple of months with just the block colours but because there was such international publicity, the logo established itself pretty quickly, and we are now filling it with pictures slightly quicker than planned," said a spokeswoman for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.
The new designs will come out several weeks earlier than planned, and the organising committee said anecdotal evidence indicated the picture logos were getting a better reception from the public.
The organising committee stressed there had been no U-turn on the logo design.
An online petition demanding the logo should be dropped had gathered about 50,000 names, but the International Olympic Committee and sponsors such as Visa have given the logo their support.