Anniversary Games Set For July 20 To Be Staged As 'Street Athletics' In Central London

The Anniversary Games will take the form of a "street athletics" event and be staged at Horse Guards Parade Ground and The Mall "in the centre of London" on July 20, according to the PA. British Athletics announced that pole vault, long jump and shot put competitions will be staged, "as well as track races -- over two sessions -- in front of a crowd of 20,000." The event, which "commemorates the anniversary of the opening ceremony of London 2012, took place at the Olympic Stadium last year but that venue is unavailable this time as it is undergoing redevelopment." The exact anniversary, July 27, was "not an option because that is the day the athletics programme starts at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow" (PA, 5/5).