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Chris Tomlinson, British Long Jumper
Imagining where the Long Jump will be in 2012
Chris Tomlinson, British Long Jumper22 May 2008
While I was at the Olympic Park today for the official launch of the start of construction on the Olympic Stadium, I was trying to imagine exactly where the Long Jump pit would be and tried to visualise myself competing there. The Stadium site looks amazi

I recently won a silver medal at the Indoor World Championships so hopefully I’ll be competing for a serious medal in Beijing. Long jumpers peak much later than some of the track athletes - I'm 26 now so I should be at my best in 2012.

It is great to be involved in an event like this - it shows that athletes are truly in the minds of the people planning and building the Stadium.

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