PERMANENT Secretary in the Ministry of Sport, Ashwin Creed believes that more work has to be done if Trinidad and Tobago athletes are to medal at the forthcoming Olympic Games in London next year.
His comments came only a day after Sports Minister, Anil Roberts said the spate of poor performances at the World Track and Field Champion in Daegu, South Korea could be a blessing in disguise.
According to Roberts the poor performance will show athletes the areas they need to improve ahead of the Olympic Games. He called on athletes Renny Quow, Jehue Gordon and Richard Thompson to revisit their coaching programmes if they are to improve for the Olympic Games.
“In the World Championships in 2009, Gordon produced a sub 49 second performance and when we were expecting him to better that performance he ran even slower. He needs to sit and evaluate where he is going wrong,” said Creed.
He added, “Same thing could be said about Renny Quow. He is not improving as he should be. This means that there is a problem that he needs to sit with his coach and work out soon.”
The sports administrator also expressed concern about shot-putter Cleopatra Borel-Brown who has been unable to raise her performances at World Championships and Olympic Games.
“Cleopatra has performed well as the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) and the Pan American Games but has found problems making the transition to the big meets.
“Therefore she will have to go back to her programme and see exactly where she has been going wrong,” Creed said.
He commended Rondel Sorillo on qualifying for the final of the 200m where he eventually finish seventh.
“Sorillo did well to make it to the final but he must now sit down and figure out where his mistakes are,” said Creed.
Sprinter Kelly Ann Baptiste who claimed the bronze medal in the women’s 100m was praised by Creed and he felt that she could lead the relay team to a medal at the Olympic Games.
Source: www.newsday.co.tt
By: Walter Alibey