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East London set for Olympic windfall

By Roger Blitz in London

Published: July 6 2005 13:04 | Last updated: July 6 2005 13:04

The biggest beneficiary of winning the Olympic vote will be east London, a largely derelict landscape but now the heartbeat of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Stratford and the Lower Lea Valley is where the 80,000-seater Olympic stadium will be built, along with an aquatics centre, veoldrome and four Olympic arenas, a BMX circuit and hockey centre.

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