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The two-time world champion criticised track and field event organisers for disrespecting retired athletes, calling for better treatment, such as dedicated spaces and recognition.
Jamaican sprint legend Asafa Powell has slammed track and field event organisers for sidelining legends and treating them with no respect.
Asafa Powell, a two-time world champion, explained that when retired athletes go for events like the Olympic Games and World Championships, they should be given priority and organisers should ensure a special tent is set aside for them just like the NFL and other sports that prioritise legends.
The former Olympic champion added that they should not be flashing cameras before them and treating them poorly behind the scenes. Powell says even those who retired earlier have been experiencing the same and it is time things changed.
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17:00 - 12.09.2024
Kishane Thompson agrees with Justin Gatlin on the high standards Usain Bolt set that defined a sprinting generation
Kishane Thompson has expressed admiration for the high standards Usain Bolt set in sprinting that churned out a generation of other sprinters that clocked sub 9.8 speeds.
“We are not begging for attention, you know, it’s just the respect aspect of it. It shouldn’t be that you’re coming to a game and you’re struggling to go to the same stadium you were in with hundreds of thousands of people watching you compete. You shouldn't be struggling to get in that same stadium,” Asafa Powell said in a video shared on his YouTube Channel.
He was also irked after world-class athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were denied entry into the warm-up track at the Olympic Games, noting that track and field is heading in the wrong direction.
Powell explained that all the stakeholders involved in running track and field events should come together and ensure these things change.
“I saw when Shelly-Ann and Sha’Carri couldn’t get in the warm-up area…I don’t understand track and field; the respect is just not there for us and we are competing at an international level which is bigger than us,” Powell said.
“It’s just respect, it’s not for you to give us the attention and run us down with a camera, we just want the attention like we should come and watch the sport that we love, that we’ve been doing for a long time.”
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18:54 - 09.10.2024
Kishane Thompson inspires youngsters from his former high school
Olympic 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson returned to his high school to inspire students following his successful yet injury-challenged 2024 season, which included his Olympic debut.
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