media_artricles :: 2015

An athlete’s plea

Thompson impressed with Minister Smith

Triple 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.”

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