The Olympic Stadium is currently under construction in east London

Replicas of the 2012 Olympic Stadium running track are to be laid at two Team GB national performance centres.

The move, aided by £200,000 from the London Marathon Charitable Trust, is aimed at giving British athletes an edge as the London Games approach.

The tracks will be laid at Lee Valley and Loughborough by April.

"They will be the only training centres in the world with this track, giving our athletes considerable advantage," said Lee Valley director Dan Pfaff.

"It is super fast and is of particular benefit to structured running events such as sprints, hurdles and all horizontal and vertical jumps.

"Training on the track day in and day out will mean the Olympic Stadium will feel like home in 2012."

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