On Saturday, Olympic heptathlon champion Ennis's coach Toni Minichiello described the plan to re-open the smaller site as "pathetic" and said the closure of Don Valley meant athletics was "close to dead" in Sheffield.

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You read figures of injured and dead, but you don't see anything that really touches the soul.

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"There were a number of dead and injured, we don't have a final figure, " the communications minister said.

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