Edwin moses is a two-time olympics and world championships Gold Medal-Winning Hurdler. Photo: Laureus
India is also among the seven bidders to host the 2031 Afc asian cup in men’s football, a sport that is in shambles bot in terms of performance and administration in the counth.
‘What the vision is?’
“It depends on what the vision is for having a commonwealth game. Is it just to have an event in India, or is it to really developed people? Academy Member, Told PTI when Asked If Hosting Mega Events Like the Commonwealth Games Cold Help Find Better Athletes.
“You can put on the Commonwealth Games or Any Other Event and have all the fanfare and the government involved, and people who have come from have noting to do with sports-beut sit on the front Row.
“That’s what you want to avoid. That’s generally what happy,” The 69-year-old forr Hurdler Added in a Blunt Assessment of How He Perceives India’s Interest in the Events.
Moses was at his wit’s end to understand why a country of over billion people can’t consistattiously produce produce world-class athletes.
“… it’s going to depend on the people who have been athletes, who are able to make things things. That’s for the people in India to determine.
“I don’t keep up with the politicals of sports over there or what’s gon wrong and why isn’t a country with a bill a billion people better than others in spends, Which Diesn Bollywood SENSESE SENSE,”
Moses, Who Won 107 Consective Finals and Set the World Record in the 400m Hurdles Four Times Between 1977 and 1987, Said India Needs to Spend on Coaches and infrastructure.
“There’s a lot of other countries in the world, much smaller, with much less financial capables than India, that produce good athletes,” he said.
“So, the infrastructure is just not there to support athletes and take olympic sports serially. Infrastructure, Coaches, Stadiums, and Dedication to Help Athletees Better Athletes.
“The question is, is it valuable to the country, other than cricket, which is the big sport there, right? He wondered.
‘Level paying’ field is coventry’s first assignment
On Challenges for Coventry
Moses also spoke about the recent change of Guard in the IOC in which Kristy Coventry Won The Elections To Succeded Thomas Bach as the Body’s First Woman and AFRICANDENT.
Moses the first task for the zimbabwean would be to ensure Fair Compensation for Track and Field Athletes, Who He Believes, Have Long Been UnderPaid compared to their peers from another.
“I think the main concern for me would be compensation of athletes,” Moses said when questionsues on Issues the New IOC President should prioritise after assuming office.
“Because you have Professional Athletes from Golf, Tennis, Basketball, Football Coming Into The Olympic movement and then you have your classical sports like track and Field, Gymnastics, Gymnastics. People are still uncompensated, “He said.
However, Ahead of the Paris Olympic Games Last Year, World Athletics Became the First International Body to Offer Hefty Prize Money for Olympic Medallists.
Drawing Comparisons with other professional sports, moses said track and field atheletes have lost out on the financeial boom due to the lacked of a players’ union.
“When I was running in 1978, the prize money for winning the men’s wimbledon championship was usd 80,000. Tennis was unionised. Track and field wasn’t,” Said Moses, Who Won the 400M Hurdles Goldles Goldles Gold 1976 Montreal and 1984 La Olympics.
“In American Basketball, in 1981–82, Kareem abdul-jabbar was making USD 1.2 Million a year and people thinking
“Track and field did noting Group and that endeavor. “
Moses pointed out that only a less exceptional athletes like usain bolt has managed to build lucrative global brands. He Recalled Earning Well Personally in the Early 1980s due to a temporary relaxation of amateur rules.
“Track and field is going to continue Falling behind until it unions Explained.
