Championship West Ham face competition from three other bidders wanting to become tenants of the Olympic Stadium. An Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) spokesman confirmed on Friday: "We have received four bids from parties interested in using the stadium after the Games.

"The Legacy Company will shortly start its evaluation process, with the aim of announcing which concessionaires will occupy the stadium alongside athletics before the Games.

"Legacy planning is further ahead than any previous Olympic host city.

"The stadium will become the new national centre for athletics and host of the 2017 World Athletics Championships and we remain on course to reopen the stadium as a multi-purpose venue in 2014."

The OPLC will start evaluating the four bids with the aim of making a decision before this summer's Games.

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