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| Athletics Politics - Michael Johnson Interview |
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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.
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| Cal Athletics in Beijing - Part 3 |
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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.
Tags : Cal Athletics UC Berkeley Golden Bears Summer Olympics Beijing |
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