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Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu has been unveiled as the official patron of the 2010 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games.

The 25-year-old Newham & Essex Beagles athlete is lending her support to Europe's largest annual youth sport event, which sees over 47,000 participants from the 33 boroughs competing in 30 different sports.

Chris Tomlinson is Britain's best long-jumper but he knows he will have to be at his absolute peak to be in with a chance of winning a medal at the World Championships later this month.

The Newham & Essex Beagles athlete holds the British record holder at 8.29m and he will have to leap close to that to be in with a shout in Berlin.

Christine Ohuruogu is among a number of Newham & Essex Beagles athletes included in the Great Britain team for next month's World Championships.

The World and Olympic 400m champion has been handed the chance to defend her title in Berlin despite recent injury problems.

Newham and Essex Beagles are one of Britain's best athletics clubs but they are now in a race to attract more people into the sport.

The historic club, based at the Terence McMillan Stadium in Plaistow, lifted the British League title last season and saw golden girl Christine Ohuruogu claim the Olympic 400m title.

STRATFORD’S very own golden girl did it again with a stunning win at the Beijing Olympics.

Christine Ohuruogu won the 400m on Tuesday with a perfectly judged run at the Bird’s Nest stadium.

She clocked an impressive time of 49.62 seconds to beat Jamaica’s Shericka Williams and pre-race favourite Sanya Richards of the USA.

She said: “Everyone dreams about winning but you never think it’s a reality. I’m just so proud. I crossed the line and thought ‘oh my goodness’.