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She's one of British athletics' rising stars and Tower Hamlet's own Perri Shakes Drayton has been tipped as one to watch in 2012.
But the 21-year-old 400m hurdler has her sights set on track success before the London Olympics, starting with the 4x400m relay at the World Indoor Championships in Doha next week.
Britain's top female 800m runner wants London's Olympic stadium to be kept for athletics but would be happy to share it with West Ham.
Jenny Meadows, bronze medallist at last year's World Championships and new British indoor record holder, thinks the two sports can happily co-exist at the venue after 2012.
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
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.
There are just three years to go until the greatest show on Earth arrives on Canary Wharf's doorstep and the excitment is building.
The man in charge of successfully delivering the 2012 Olympics Games is Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Commitee (Locog).
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.
The Royal Docks becomes the focus of the triathlon world next week as thousands of competitors take part in one of the sport's showpiece events.
The Mazda London Triathlon takes place over the weekend of August 1-2 with some of the world's best in action, including former world champion Tim Don.
Mo Farah has a date with destiny later this month when he tries to break a record that has stood since before he was born.
The Newham and Essex Beagles runner will be attempting to break the British best for the 5,000m when he runs at the Aviva Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on July 24.
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.
The London Olympics have been granted a £461million bail-out by the government following a short-fall in private funding.
The lack of outside investment has forced ministers to use emergency funds to cover the construction of the athletes village and media centre.
DAME Kelly Holmes is adamant London's Olympic Stadium should be kept for athletics after 2012.
The debate over the stadium's legacy use has intensified over recent weeks, with calls from some quarters for it to be converted to be used full-time by a football club.
Olympic decathlete Dean Macey says everyone in the Great Britain athletics team are drug-free.
Macey was in fighting mood when he dropped into Canary Wharf this week, insisting UK athletics is now clean.
The sport was gripped by controversy when convicted drug cheat Dwain Chambers was selected for the British team at the recent World Indoor Championships.
But Macey was phlegmatic when asked whether Chambers’ two-year ban was long enough.
He said: “I’m sure Dwain regrets his decision and he’s trying to get on with his life. He was awesome in the World Indoors.
“Congratulations to him and let’s all move on to work for a cleaner sport.
