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Lead Stories: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mottram Wins in Outdoor Opener

Posted February 21st, 2008 at 2:05 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Craig Mottram opened his 2008 outdoor campaign with a victory and a national title in front of his hometown crowd at today’s Melbourne Grand Prix in Olympic Park.

Mottram, from nearby Geelong, clocked 13:11.99 for 5000m, winning the Australian title for the sixth time ahead of Kenya’s Shadrack Kosgei (13:13.51) and Ethiopia’s Abraham Cherkos (13:18.47).

“I’m as fit as I’ve ever been, and I’m looking forward to what’s ahead,” Mottram told Len Johnson of the The Age newspaper.
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London 2012: New Era of Stadium Design Unveiled

Posted November 9th, 2007 at 9:28 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Olympics

The Olympic Stadium for the Games in 2012 has been unveiled at a ceremony in the London Olympic Park. The 80,000-seat stadium will be the centre-piece of the 2012 Games venues and will host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and athletics events. Once the Games are over, the arena will be converted into a 25,000-seat permanent stadium and will become a new home for athletics, combined with other sporting, community and educational uses.

Inspiring, Innovative and Sustainable

Commenting at the launch, the Chairman of the London 2012 Organizing Committee (LOCOG), Seb Coe, said:

“We talk a lot about milestones, but few will be more exciting than this, the unveiling of the Olympic Stadium, which will be the centre-piece of our Olympic Park. The stadium will stand for everything we talked about in the bid: it will be inspiring, innovative and sustainable – the theatre within which the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will be played out and will leave behind top class sporting and community facilities after the Games.”

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