London 2012 Olympics – Unofficial News SiteNews and events for the London 2012 Olympics27 July - 12 August 2012 - London, Great Britain |
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Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United must make provision for an athletics track if either is to succeed in their bid to take over the main stadium after the 2012 London Olympics organisers said.
* Athletics track is non-negotiable
London 2012 Olympic organisers strongly hinted on Thursday that an athletics track would be retained at the main stadium after the Games.
The head coach of UK Athletics fears public expectation may suffer through the non-appearance of a number of stars at the Commonwealth Games.
World champion Stephen Miller and teenager Jade Jones set to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Double Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva will come back from a self-imposed break in top form and will quickly dominate her event again, former pole vaulter Sergei Bubka said.
A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy.
Former Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin continued to improve in his comeback from a doping ban when he ran 10.09 seconds on Tuesday but Caster Semenya had a 800m race to forget.
* Gatlin runs 10.09 as comeback gathers pace
He can run 100m in 9.58 seconds, but says he’s lazy. He’s the best sprinter on the planet, but fancies turning his hand to professional football. And as for settling down? Forget that. Usain Bolt is a freak of nature. There’s the size, for starters: 6ft 5in with size 13 feet (ideal sprinters are thought [...]
