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Athletics chief applauds sell-out crowd

The head of world athletics Lamine Diack said it was "wonderful" to see an 80,000 sell-out crowd at today's opening athletics session at London's Olympic Stadium.

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The head of world athletics Lamine Diack said it was “wonderful” to see an 80,000 sell-out crowd at today’s opening athletics session at London’s Olympic Stadium.

Diack,president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF),said he could not recall a similar turnout for the morning athletics sessions in past

Olympics.

“It was wonderful to arrive at the Olympic Games this morning and see a totally packed stadium for the first session of athletics,” the IAAF president said.

“I do not remember the last time this happened and it shows the great affection Britain has for our sport.

“(Local organisers) LOCOG has done a great job and we are excited about the rest of the athletics programme,since the athletes will definitely be inspired by crowds like this.”

Britain’s heptathlete hope Jessica Ennis was in action front of the capacity crowd as the athletics programme started.

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