Doha v London 2017 World Athletics bid: London has much to lose. The UK Government has much to lose. By taking the 60,000 stadium back into public ownership & terminating the agreement with West Ham United, UK Ministers & the bid team played the legacy card strongly in addition to arguing that a Western Europe event for the first time since Berlin in 2009 was necessary for the health of the sport for sponsors & supporters to be held.
With a home-based Games around the corner, and the Team GB ticket announcement for football suggesting sell-out crowds throughout the UK 2012 could herald a Golden Period for events with Commonwealth games, Rugby World Cup in the years following the Olympics. No doubt an Athletics World Championships would be seen as another jewel in the sporting crown, but London has much to look forward to.
In the build up to an event there is much occuring behind the scenes.
The Journal of Sports Sciences back in November 2009 demonstrates an eclectic mix of papers. The editorial by Richard Davison & Michael Williams included here demonstrates how far sports' science has come to generate the conditions for sporting success over the past quarter century. They talk about the planning that can take place in advance of Olympic competition, in areas such as psychology, skill acquisition & physiology.
The use of sports science in preparation for Olympic competition: Davison & Williams
In preparation terms the 27 IAAF Council delegates will expect a similar level by the bid teams in Doha & London, but like the Games themselves there can only be one winner.
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