2012 Olympic Stadium Unlikely To Hold Trials

The 2012 British trials, that will decide Great Britain’s Olympic team for next summer, will almost certainly not be held at the Olympic Stadium because of logistical issues – according to UK Athletics.

The governing body described the trials as being ‘very unlikely’ to go ahead at the new Stadium.

The interior of the Stadium is currently being fitted, but it is the preparations for the Olympic opening ceremony that are likely to block any plans to host the GB trials.

The trials are likely to be held as close to the Games as possible in order to select the in-form and fit athletes.

UKA chairman Ed Warner said: ‘What you’re likely to see is a non-elite athletics event as the first test event in the spring of 2012 and then a number of opportunities for Britain’s athletes to train in the stadium’.

The first event scheduled inside the Stadium is the 2012 British Universities Championships.