London: The velodrome for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics will be opened today.
The 600-seat venue for indoor cycling and BMX events is the first to be completed at the Olympic Park in east London.
Chris Hoy, who won three cycling gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, helped in the design of the velodrome.
“I believe the new velodrome is going to be the best in the world. I can’t actually wait until 2012 when I can compete on it,” Hoy said.
“It will be nice when we turn up on race day for the first day of competition at the Olympics.
“All of the Union Jacks will be out and, hopefully, the noise and the atmosphere will give us an advantage – maybe put the fear of death into the other countries too.”
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