The head of World Athletics says London will have told a "big lie" to host the 2012 Olympics if the Olympic stadium is converted into a football ground, both Tottenham and West Ham have both expressed their interest in acquiring the stadium which is based in Stratford, East London."They'll have made a big lie during their presentation," International Athletics Association Federation chief Lamine Diack said.
"There will be no credibility... of a great country like Britain."
"[There would be] no way to comeback as far as my generation is concerned," he stated.
"You can consider you are dead. You are finished.
"This nation has a number of heroes in athletics. I could spend an hour, listing one by one all those who've achieved fantastic things in athletics. They are still there, involved. And this country, this city saying that I'm not able to have a stadium of athletics?"
Under Tottenham’s plan to take over the Olympic stadium, they have said they would scrap the running track and Lamine Diack has insisted that should the track be removed, Britain's chances of hosting future events would be severely compromised.
"[There would be] no way to comeback as far as my generation is concerned," he stated.
"You can consider you are dead. You are finished.
"This nation has a number of heroes in athletics. I could spend an hour, listing one by one all those who've achieved fantastic things in athletics. They are still there, involved. And this country, this city saying that I'm not able to have a stadium of athletics?"
