Track Boost For London 2012 GB Athletes
UK Athletics are set to lay exact replicas of the 2012 Olympic Stadium running track at two Team GB national performance centres.
The move will be aided by £220,000 from the London Marathon Charitable Trust and is aimed at giving British athletes an edge over their competitors as the London 2012 Olympic Games approach.
The tracks are due to be laid at Lee Valley, the team base in the run up to the Games, and Loughborough by April.
Lee Valley director Dan Pfaff said: ‘They will be the only training centres in the world with this track, giving our athletes considerable advantage.’
The track is currently installed in only ten stadia around the world with two of those in Beijing.
‘It is super fast and is of particular benefit to structured running events such as sprints, hurdles and all horizontal and vertical jumps,’ added Pfaff.
