Warner has previously been outspoken over Gold's suggestion that a separate, much smaller venue should be built to house future athletics events, allowing West Ham to lease the Olympic Stadium.

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Recently, West Virginia Athletics Director Oliver Luck met with league officials to discuss altering travel schedules that were perceived to hamper its competitiveness as the closest school to WVU is 1, 700 miles away.

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He was involved in the original bid and would not let West Ham rip up the athletics track.

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Warner also praised West Ham's support for hosting the 2015 World Athletics Championships at the stadium if London beats Beijing in the bidding to host the event.

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West Ham and Newham have shown that they can embrace that opportunity and work with athletics with a very credible proposal.

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While Tottenham plan to make the east-London stadium an 80, 000-seat venue, West Ham want to create a 60, 000-capacity arena for football, athletics, concerts and community use in a collaboration with Newham Council.

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