Calls for 'Warts and all' Examination of UK Athletics After Chair Steps Down

Posted: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 12:18

Calls for 'Warts and all' Examination of UK Athletics After Chair Steps Down

UK Athletics is facing calls to conduct a "warts and all" examination of the sport and its failure to capitalise on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics after its chairman, Richard Bowker, was forced to step down.

Toni Minichiello, the coach of Jessica Ennis-Hill and a respected member of UK Athletics' members' council, said Bowker's departure must be used as an opportunity to ask fundamental questions about how to stop athletics sliding into irrelevance, how best to help the grassroots, and how to bring through the next generation of stars.

Tags: Athletics, DCMS, Olympic legacy, Physical Activity, Sport, participation, sport policy