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An athlete’s pleaThompson impressed with Minister SmithKwame Laurence :: Trinidad Express :: 12.09.2015Triple Olympic silver medallist Richard “Torpedo” Thompson is optimistic about the future of sport in Trinidad and Tobago, under the stewardship of newly-appointed Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Darryl Smith. “I actually watched the news and I heard his speech,” Thompson told the Sunday Express yesterday, “and I was very impressed by the mentality that he has.” After being sworn in to the new Cabinet on Friday, Smith proclaimed that he would be taking an “athletes first” approach to his job, “He seems to be very athlete-oriented,” said Thompson, “and I think in this nation that’s what we need. We need to put the athletes first. We’ve seen in the past ministers coming in, and essentially they make themselves the number one priority. In order to see the athletes progress, as a Ministry, as a country, and as a Minister, Mr Smith has to follow through on his words and put the athletes first.” |
Enlarge Image GATORADE FUELS THE FUTURE: Richard “Torpedo” Thompson, left foreground, looks on as Shomari John gets out of the blocks during the Gatorade Richard Thompson Sprinting Camp, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium Training Field, in Port of Spain, yesterday. Standing behind John is former quarter-miler Reginald Brown, an assistant coach at the camp. —Photo: ANISTO ALVES |
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