The 46-year-old is stationed in the Olympic Village and is one of only four GB doctors responsible for around 250 athletes.

"It is obviously a huge honour and I'm delighted to be doing it," he said. "The stadium and arenas are just looking extraordinary and I think the Chinese will make it a special games."

Although at every Olympics there seems to be high-profile injuries to British athletes, Dr Loosemore, who practises at the Elite Physical Medicine sports rehab facility in Fairford Leys, claims that we are no more injury prone than other nations.

"I don't think so," he said.

"Because we are focusing on British athletes they always seem to be injured but other athletes get injured just as much.

"They are very prevalent at this level because people are operating at their extremes, always pushing as hard as they can to get as fit as they possibly can be.

"Injuries are part and parcel of the game."

He said of his role: "It's about helping the athletes to achieve their full potential and still be able to compete with small injuries.

"Its always satisfying if your work has allowed someone to recover quickly from an injury and then you see them do well in competetiion.

"There's a great confidence in the team," he went on. "We are going into these Olympics with more world champions and medals at world level than we have ever had before."

Dr Loosemore spends a lot of his time at the Olympic Medical Institute in London. He graduated in medicine in 1985, and has been actively involved in sports medicine since 1996.

He has travelled extensively with national boxing squads, accompanying teams to the Commonwealth Games, Olympic qualifying events and World Championships.

In addition, he has also been team doctor for other sporting events, including the 2006 British Motocross Grand Prix, the 2004 European Judo Championships, and the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone.

"Working at the Olympic Medical Institute I see all the top athletes," he said. "I have at one stage looked after most of the top Olympic athletes who live in and around the London area."

And he said he definitely wants to be involved with Team GB for the London games in 2012. "I would be disappointed not to be.

"Because its the home Olympics there's going to be a lot of doctors required and I would certainly like to be one of those.

"It will be incredibly exciting and with Aylesbury being so close to London it will definitely notice the games, there will be an impact. I think we will start to feel that as soon as Beijing finishes."