Organisers furious as Anniversary Games switched from capitalUKA chief executive says decision trashes
London 2012 legacyUK Athletics is planning legal action after being barred from staging the Anniversary Games at the London Stadium in July – with the chief executive, Joanna Coates, warning the decision risks affecting athletes’ preparations for the Tokyo Olympics and trashing the London 2012 legacy.
Around 25,000 spectators were expected to watch Britain’s star names in action at the Diamond League event on 13 July, 10 days before the Tokyo Olympics. But this week the London Legacy Development Corporation told UKA that the £3m cost of converting the
Football stadium to an athletics stadium and back was too expensive, and that the event would have to be staged in Gateshead or Manchester.