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London Athletics Grand Prix will be held 15 Feb 2020 in London, England. London Athletics Grand Prix is one of the best athletics meetings in the world, and the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt will set the stadium alight on Friday 22nd July! The Olympic Stadium will play host to the prestigious IAAF Diamond League meet on 22-23 July, the IPC Grand Prix Final will also be incorporated into Saturday’s program. World record holder Bolt will grace the track at the London Anniversary Games, along with many of the world’s best athletes and Paralympic stars such as David Weir Jonnie Peacock and Hannah Cockroft, before they head to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Expect a host of electrifying performances from Bolt and many more global stars, as this will be the last opportunity for athletes to put the finishing touches on their preparations for the biggest stage of all. London Athletics Grand Prix is an event and I like events...



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The 2014 edition was held in Glasgow, Scotland, as preparation for the Commonwealth Games held there later that month. The 2013 edition was known as the "Anniversary Games", as it took place in the Olympic Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, exactly one year after the Olympic Games were held in the same venue. Previous editions were always held at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, however, it is not planned to return to the venue as it is seen by the organisers as a step down from the last venues.

 

History of London Athletics Grand Prix:

The Emsley Carr Mile remains a fixture at the annual meeting, with a history spanning back to 1953 at the White City Stadium. Emsley Carr, an athletics fan and the editor of The News of the World, created an annual mile race in the hope that the first four-minute mile would be achieved on British soil. Gordon Pirie won the first race, but Roger Bannister had run sub-4 minutes in Oxford by time that the second race was competed. However, the tradition continued, with the winner signing his name in a red leather-bound book identical to the Bible used in Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. 

On 24 January 2013, it was announced that London Grand Prix will be moved to the Olympic Stadium for 2013. The London Legacy Development Corporation had expressed interest in holding an athletics event at the stadium to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics. After the 2013 event a return to Crystal Palace was ruled out as according to Ed Warner it would be a backward step.



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Emirates Arena
1000 London Rd, Glasgow G40 3HG, UK



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