STARS COME OUT IN FORCE FOR IAAF ANNIVERSARY AHEAD OF AVIVA LONDON GRAND PRIX

British and global stars of athletics descended on Crystal Palace yesterday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the IAAF on the eve of the Aviva London Grand Prix on the 13-14 July, cheering on 100 local school children running a relay of 2012m. Team Run! were also out in force with teams from S Factor and Greenwich managed by Run! Activators Lisa Miller and Melissa Catchpole. Peter Crawshaw represented the London Council at the event.

Ahead of London’s two-day Samsung Diamond League meet, British gold medal hopes Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) and Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) as well as former 110m hurdles Olympic Champion Liu Xiang and 100m hurdles World Champion Sally Pearson spoke of their ambitions for the weekend and the ideal preparation that the Aviva London Grand Prix will provide ahead of the Olympic Games.

Also joining Xiang, Pearson, Greene and Farah were current 5,000m and 10,000m World Champion Vivian Cheruiyot and the second fastest ever man over 100m, Tyson Gay who will both be racing at the Aviva London Grand Prix on Friday.