But in its latest financial results last October, Spurs said it was no longer interested in bidding for the stadium as a tenant, because the Olympic running track would be retained.
The Corkman already has the qualifying time for the Olympic Marathon after running 2:10 in New York in 2002.
But the Australian Olympic Committee is running a gender-segregated dorm.
It was on a new track in the northeastern corner of Italy that the double-amputee from South Africa trained last year for his Olympic debut, running lap after lap on his Cheetah Flex-Foot blades in preparation for his trip to the world's biggest sporting event.
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While there, Finn spent time at Kenya's elite training camps, running with everyone from Olympic champions to barefoot children.
And Bolt was not well known beyond running circles until his Olympic success.
Australian Olympic sprinter Andrew McCabe has found the running spikes he reported stolen from his Kent training base.
But it was not until recent years that Morris returned to running seriously and her journey to the Olympic Games began.
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This follows Tottenham's announcement last week that it wanted to demolish most of the Olympic stadium and build a new ground without a running track.
Stiftung Warentest, Germany's leading consumer safety group, said the ditch running around the pitch of Berlin's Olympic Stadium would be dangerous in a stampede.
Sony also congratulates Meb Keflezighi, an American distance running hero, on taking 4th in the Olympic Marathon and securing a place among the most accomplished marathoners in history.
He also held firm on a long-running dispute with the U.S. Olympic Committee over that country's share of sponsorship and broadcast revenues, reaching a deal that will reduce the U.S. share in the coming years.
Now, she came into the trials without running a 10, 000 meters in the required Olympic qualifying time of 31 minutes and 45 seconds.
It had been expected the engine would be running in time to participate in last year's Olympic torch relay but the NRM was forced to withdraw it.
The Olympic torch will travel to Jersey on 15 July and be carried by 16 people running in relay along the island's south coast, Locog has said.
"Tracey is a big star, she was a fun runner and then all of a sudden she's an Olympic runner, " said Sarah Hodgson, who has been inspired to take up running by her sister.
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Valcke explained that in addition to the IOC's opposition, Fifa had been worried about running out of time to decide on the change, let alone implement it, before the Olympic qualifying process begins.
Lomong has also written a book, called "Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games, " where he narrates his long and epic life journey.
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