Sports culture needs to be changed

Ato Boldon

Unless Guyana changes its antiquated culture about sport, the country will continue to be stagnant and remain in the doldrums on the world stage.

This is the opinion of four-time Olympic medal winner, Ato Boldon and three-time Olympian and silver medalist, Grace Jackson who commenced a three-day sports management workshop yesterday.

Speaking to this publication from the National Resource Centre, Boldon, the former Olympic sprinter who is now a NBC Sports and ESPN television broadcast analyst for track and field stated that “There has to be a change and the first thing that has to change is the culture.”

Boldon, who is the current Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200m events with