London 2012 Olympics: World-class athletes given little chance to test main stadium as university event get thumbs up

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Taking shape: Olympic Stadium's main test event will be
The British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships
in May next year 

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Now all the Olympic Athletes have been training for years but no one will get to prepare in the Olympic venues as the Olympic Committee has decided to trail it with a Universities and Colleges Sport Championships in May next year. This willbe the only official test event at the Olympic Stadium.

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World-class athletes will have minimal access to the main stadium in a competitive environment after Olympics organizers chose to 'test’ the technology and stadium capabilities with the school’s lower-key mass event, rather than host a grand prix or special invitational track meet.

Lord Coe, the chairman of the London organising committee, previously told The Daily Telegraph this would not be detrimental to elite athlete performance and instead create a “special” environment for when the Olympics were held.

But leading British and international athletes will be given specific training opportunities to get used to the track.

The British swimming championships on March 3-10, 2012, will be the test event for the aquatics centre, and will also double as selection trials for the Games, while the beach volleyball international will provide the trial run at a specially constructed Horse Guards Parade venue on Aug 13, 2011.

Some sports, such as gymnastics on Jan 10-18, will have their test events as Olympic qualifiers. Others, such as cycling on Feb 17-19, will host World Cup events which form part of the Olympic qualification process.

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