Imagining where the Long Jump will be in 2012

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Imagining where the Long Jump will be in 2012

Chris Tomlinson, British Long Jumper,

22 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 amazing - I'm sure the London 2012 Games are going to be great and the Stadium is really going to provide the wow factor.

Meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ODA Chairman John Armitt at the launch event with fellow athlete Goldie Sayer:

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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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