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Athletics Politics - Michael Johnson Interview
Michael Johnson being interviewed by Sue Barker on BBC Television on 24th March 2006, Day 9 of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. The British 4 x 100m Relay squad had just failed to get the baton around.
The text over the interview has been added to emphasise that UK Athletics are the problem.
Athletics in the United Kingdom is contested under UK Athletics rules. As administrators, UK Athletics should maintain a role of strict impartiality between athletes, yet they fund some and not others based on subjective criteria. They assist some with medical support and not others. The very existence of UK Athletics undermines the bedrock of fairness and equality for all in athletics. They contaminate the environment have been shown in the long term to harm more than they help the athletes they seek to assist.
The AAA of England were the guardians of the sport's values in England. UK Sport and Sport England forced the effective closure of the AAA's and have created a "Son of" UK Athletics, called England Athletics who will do as they are told, and have responsibility for developing talent. What business does any governing body have in identifying and developing talent, unless it develops all talent equally.
Athletes must be allowed to emerge naturally, based on equality and fairness in competition. If funding is available, it must be distributed based solely on results in the national championships in a transparent way, not as the result of an interview or the recommendations of a senior coach.
See:
www.british-athletics.co.uk SLASH foster SLASH altern.pdf
for a paper presenting the way forward for the sport of athletics.
Length: 230
Rating: 5.00 (23 ratings)
Tags: Athletics Politics Michael Johnson UK Sport England
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Cal Athletics in Beijing - Part 3
Jigar Mehta, a UC Berkeley alum, is in Beijing and capturing a behind the scenes look of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Here are some of his notes that correspond to the video. For more updates and information, please visit http://calbears.com
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Beijing is an enormous town that sprawls in every direction, so you think you would never run into a familiar face.
My friend, an entertainment reporter, invited me to join him at the Speedo Parents' Meet and Greet, an opportunity for the press to meet the parents of swimmers sponsored by Speedo. The room was a buzz over Momma Phelps, whose son won another Gold medal that morning.
I spotted the Coughlins on the eve of their daughter marquee event, the 100 meter backstroke. While her world record was broken a few hours earlier, they were confidant that Natalie was poised to break it again.
Length: 179
Rating: 4.00 (5 ratings)
Tags: Cal Athletics UC Berkeley Golden Bears Summer Olympics Beijing
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