IPC Grand Prix Final to coincide with Diamond League at Olympic Park
British Athletics has confirmed that the IPC Grand Prix Final will take place on Saturday 23 July 2016, incorporated into the Diamond League at the London Anniversary Games at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The world’s top athletes will now have the best possible competition experience before finalising their preparations for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Paralympic stars such as David Weir, Jonnie Peacock and Hannah Cockroft will now compete on the same day as some of the biggest names in world athletics, just weeks before the Olympic and Paralympic Games take place in Rio de Janeiro.
David Weir, who won four gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, believes that integrating the IPC event into Saturday’s timetable will create a memorable event for the athletes:
“It’s great to be able to compete alongside Olympic athletes and I think integration is a really good thing.
“This now means that the Saturday of the London Anniversary Games will be an amazing day of athletics and I’m looking forward to getting more great support from the British public.”
After competing at the Anniversary Games in 2013 and 2015, seven-time IPC world champion Hannah Cockroft agreed that a packed-out stadium will generate a great atmosphere for the athletes:
“The Anniversary Games is one of my favourite events of the year, a packed Olympic stadium is a fantastic place to compete and it brings back so many great memories.”
