Ohuruogu relishing return to Olympic stadium for Anniversary Games

The 2008 Olympic champion is aiming to defend the world title she won for the second time in Moscow two years ago at the World Championships in Beijing this August. And she will be in action on home soil the month before at the three-day Anniversary Games from July 24-26.

The 30-year-old was victorious at the 2013 edition of the Anniversary Games, clocking 50.00 seconds to take gold in the 400m.

The event will also double up as a Diamond League meeting with London 2012 Olympic champions Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford all down to compete.

And Ohuruogu admits the competition will provide an important test just four weeks before the World Championships.

"The Sainsbury's Anniversary Games will be quite instrumental for me," she said.

"I'll be looking to try and get everything right a month out to Beijing. It will be a really good indication of where I am. If things aren't quite right I'll have time to fix them, so it's an important race.

"London in 2013 was a real decider for me going into Moscow. The event was really good, especially because I won. It was great to be back in the stadium and the crowd was just like it had been the year before.

"It's great for me as an athlete to have that support. You've got tens of thousands of people watching, so it will be a really big nice send off into the world championships."

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