Summary
CAN anyone fathom British athletics? Outcry greeted the decision by officials of the Greater London Authority, via the office of the increasingly erratic Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to invite Linford Christie to carry the Olympic torch when it arrives in the capital in April on its way to Beijing.
Some of that outcry, silenced by the invitation being withdrawn more quickly than the Northern Rock Bill went through Parliament, naturally came from the athletics fraternity, who do not want credibility given to a man excluded from the Olympic Games for life after testing positive for nandrolone.See the full content of this document
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Why Can't Athletics Run in the Same Direction?
Except that Christie is endorsed as a coach by UK Ath...
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