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← London 2012 Olympic Stadium Athletics Track 5th to 21st August 2016

London 2012 Olympic Stadium athletics track Lane No.4 marking, a section of the red vulcanized rubber dual layer athletics track installed by the Ital

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London 2012 Olympic Stadium athletics track Lane No.4 marking, a section of the red vulcanized rubber dual layer athletics track installed by the Italian manufacturer Mondo, removed from its position at the termination of the sprint track beyond the 100m & 110m (hurdles) starts, bearing the 'No.4' lane marking in white in the ''2012Headline'' typeface designed by Gareth Hague for the London 2012 Games, the first time that an Olympic running track was marked with anything other than generic Arabic numerals, measurement approx. 120 by 110cm.; sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and the Mayor of Newham (2) London 2012 Olympic Games silver medal winning athletes who ran from Lane 4 comprise Jason Richardson (USA) in the men's 110m Hurdles; Dawn Harper (USA) in the women's 100m Hurdles; Yohan Blake (Jamaica) in the men's 200m; and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) in the women's 200m. Lane 4 bronze medallists comprised Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaicia) in the women's 100m; Lalonde Gordon (Trinidad & Tobago) in the men's 400m; DeeDee Trotter (USA) in the women's 400m; & Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) in the women's 400m Hurdles. At the Paralympics Lane 4 was the most productive lane for gold medals, yielding 20 in total, comprising: Men's 100m - T11: Xue Lei (China), Women's 100m - T13: Omara Durand (Cuba), Men's 100m - T34: Walid Ktila (Tunisia), Men's 100m - T38: Evan O'Hanlon (Australia), Men's 100m - T37: Fanie Van Der Merwe (South Africa), Women's 100m - T37: Mandy Francois-Elie (France), Women's 100m - T42: Martina Caironi (Italy), Women's 100m - T44: Marie-Amelie Le Fur (France), Men's 100m - T42: Henrich Popow (Germany), Men's 100m - T52: Raymond Martin (USA), Men's 100m - T54: Leo Pekka Tahti (Finland), Men's 200m - T35: Iruii Tsaruk (Ukraine), Men's 200m - T36: Roman Pavlyk (Ukraine), Women's 200m - T44: Marlou van Rhijn (The Netherlands), Women's 200m - T52: Michelle Stilwell (Canada), Women's 400m - T37: Neda Bahi (Tunisia), Men's 400m - T44: Oscar Pistorius (South Africa), Women's 400m - T46: Yunidis Castillo (Cuba), Men's 400m - T54: Zhang Lixin (China), & Women's 4x100m Relay - T35-38: Russia (Ovsyannikova, Sergeeva, Ivanova, Goncharova).