Usain Bolt’s world record 100 metres time will allows kids to see the likes of Mo Farah and Bolt at just £9.58 at London 2017 Anniversary Games
Any event at each session on any one of the 10 days at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be very much affordable
FUTURE British Olympians will be able to watch their heroes at incredible prices at London 2017 — thanks to Usain Bolt’s world record 100 metres time.
Kids can see the likes of Mo Farah and Bolt at just £9.58 for any event at each session, on any one of the 10 days at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
It is the first time there will be athlete-themed ‘world record’ prices as part of a celebration of Team GB’s astonishing 67-medal haul at the Rio Olympics.
Dubbed ‘the Bolt ticket’, children will be able to buy category C and D for the remarkably low price — and there are also three other world record-themed tickets, including the Colin Jackson!
The Welsh 110m hurdler clocked 12.91sec to take gold at the Stuttgart World Championships in 1993, with a record time which stood for a decade.
And fans will be able to visit on Sunday August 6 to watch the men’s 110m hurdles qualifiers and other events for the same price as he ran on that famous day.
Triple jump enthusiasts will be leaping with joy at the prospect of being able to get in and watch their favourites do what Jonathan Edwards did in Gothenburg in 1995.
And the ticket in his name will allow some spectators to see sessions for £18.29 in honour of the world-record jump that still stands to this day.
The Gunnell Ticket recognises Sally’s time at Stuttgart, with some tickets available to watch the 400m hurdles and a number of other events from £52.74.
Two-thirds of all tickets will cost £35 or less, including many of the events with star names expected to be battling for gold.
Fans will also be able to set their own bar when applying for tickets, using ‘ballot jumper’. They can choose to bag tickets at a higher price if they miss out on lower-priced tickets to a session.
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Fourteen sessions take place over ten action-packed days.
And there will be an incredible SEVEN golds on each of the two closing days over the weekend of August 13 and 14.
Fans will not want to miss out on the Mobot should Farah manage to get over the line first in the 5,000m on Saturday.
And Bolt, Yohan Blake and the rest of Jamaica’s finest sprinters will all be going in the men’s and women’s 100m relays. It could be Bolt’s last-ever run at a major championships after he hinted he was not far from hanging up his spikes after another trio of golds in Rio.
One of the hottest tickets for the Championships will undoubtedly be Bolt running in the 100m final.
And that gold medal will be up for grabs on the first Saturday, with the 100m semis also taking place that day.
Bolt — who scooped a trio of golds at Beijing 2015 — will be looking to defend his 200m title as well on Thursday, August 10.
The opening night is set to be one not to miss too.
The men’s and women’s preliminary round sprints take place before the 10,000m final, raising the prospect of Farah and Bolt running on the same night.