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Tooting Bec Athletic Track

Tooting Bec Athletics Track & Gym is an athletics stadium in Tooting Common, near Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, southwest London, England. [1] It is located on Tooting Bec Road.

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History

The track hosted the 1945 WAAA Championships on 18 August 1945, after a five year absence due to World War II. [2] [3]

An annual race event on the track in September is the Self Transcendence 24 Hour Track Race London.

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References

  1. Tooting Bec Athletics Track, Wandsworth Borough Council.
  2. "Athletics" . Birmingham Daily Post. 20 August 1945. Retrieved 18 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Women's Championships" . Evening Despatch. 20 August 1945. Retrieved 18 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.

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