Sunday, August 05, 2012

Truest statement of the week

"It wasn't lost on me that many of the sprinters around [Dana] Abdul Razak in the mixed zone didn't grow up in a nation where being able to compete would even be a question. Also, with Allyson Felix of the U.S. coming through moments later after winning the heat and wearing the finest track and field gear to go with the best training/nutrition to go with a USA Track and Field handler who escorted her, I wondered about the vast disparity in resources available to athletes here."

--  John Canzano, "Postcard from London: The fastest woman in Iraq speaks out"  (Oregonian). 


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