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London 2017: Olympic champions tell us why they love the capital

Want to know why some of the world’s leading athletes love competing in London so much?

Then you’re in luck!

Sanya Richards-Ross, Olympic Champion and 5x World Championships Gold Medalist, and Aries Merritt, Olympic Champion and World Record Holder, reveal what they love most about London in this new video.

London 2017 will be the biggest event to be staged in the Olympic Stadium since the Olympic and Paralympic Games – with 3300 athletes from over 200 nations competing over 17 days of world class action. 

Both the IAAF World Championships and International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships will mark a spectacular summer of athletics with the two World Championships being staged in the same city for the first time ever. 

Watch this space.