PAULA WHO?
An awesome and historic night for British sport here in Athens as Kelly Holmes set a new British record in the 1500m to win another gold to add to her 800m medal.
She's the first British woman -- and only third woman in Olympic history -- ever to complete the middle distance double. The last time the feat was performed by a Brit was 84 years ago, by Albert Hill in the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
Before the Olympics, bookies were offering odds of 100/1 on Holmes completing the double. Now, they've stopped taking bets on her to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award -- she's a complete dead cert.
After the race, Holmes said she was "gobsmacked."
What's most significant about Great Britain's performance in these Olympics is what it could mean for the involvement in sport of youngsters from ethnic minorities.
Ethnic minorities are poorly represented in many sports -- but in these Games it's been a black woman (Kelly Holmes) and a British Asian teenager (Amir Khan) who've been capturing the headlines and the medals.
An awesome and historic night for British sport here in Athens as Kelly Holmes set a new British record in the 1500m to win another gold to add to her 800m medal.
She's the first British woman -- and only third woman in Olympic history -- ever to complete the middle distance double. The last time the feat was performed by a Brit was 84 years ago, by Albert Hill in the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
Before the Olympics, bookies were offering odds of 100/1 on Holmes completing the double. Now, they've stopped taking bets on her to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award -- she's a complete dead cert.
After the race, Holmes said she was "gobsmacked."
What's most significant about Great Britain's performance in these Olympics is what it could mean for the involvement in sport of youngsters from ethnic minorities.
Ethnic minorities are poorly represented in many sports -- but in these Games it's been a black woman (Kelly Holmes) and a British Asian teenager (Amir Khan) who've been capturing the headlines and the medals.
posted by Stuart at 19:20
1 Comments:
See... and that is what it is all about. Wonderful.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your Olympics blogging, thank you.
Jenny, USA
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