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U.S. Olympic Team to be based in Birmingham in 2012
Posted March 4th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: News & Results, Olympics
In a joint press conference here today, the Birmingham City Council and USA Track & Field (USATF) announced that the American athletics team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London would be based in this Midlands city of approximately 1,000,000 people.
“We’ve had a wonderful experience here,” said Stephanie Hightower, the chair of USATF women’s track & field executive committee, who said that the U.S. training base would be at Alexander Stadium.
She said that the U.S. team would begin arriving here three or four days after the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Trials which will be held in July, 2012. Hightower envisioned approximately 150 athletes, coaches, officials and other support personnel coming to Birmingham.
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