jun.25.2008
George Bovell, Cleopatra Borel-Brown, Darrel Brown and Richard Thompson were among some of the 25 Olympic-bound athletes presented to the public at the Brian Lara Promenade, Port of Spain, on Monday.
The event which was labelled “A Presentation of Our Olympic Hopefuls” drew a large crowd from as early 4 pm, as a wide cross section of the population from children to adults were in search of autographs and photos with their favourite national heroes.
Even Hasely Crawford, the country’s lone Olympic gold medalist, and four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon were there.
The function which was hosted by the Ministry of Sport and the Sports Company of T&T (SPORTT) brought PoS to a standstill.
Among the specially invited guests were Port-of-Spain Mayor Murchison Brown and T&T Olympic Committee (T&TOC) president Larry Romany, who delivered brief addresses to the gathering.
Romany said: “From the 1948 Olympics to now, T&T has won 12 Olympic medals, no small feat given the size of our relatively small population.”
He adding that these efforts were owed to vision and a dream, as well as good planning, commitment and perseverance.
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Gary Hunt in giving the feature address urged the crowd to show their support for the T&T Olympic team.
“Do you love your athletes?.Do you believe that they will bring home Olympic medals?” Hunt asked the crowd, before receiving loud cheers of agreement from the hundreds in the audience.
Source: www.guardian.co.tt