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Carl Lewis condemns doping
19.01.2009 World
Former hero Carl Lewis is still tirelessly covering ground to raise the profile and burnish the image of track and field, the sport that made him famous all over the world, writes Houston Chronicle.
While he still keeps a residence in Los Angeles, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist has been strengthening his ties with his boyhood home community in Willingboro, N.J., and will again host the Carl Lewis High School Indoor Invitational track meet at the Yeoman Field House on the campus of his alma mater, the University of Houston.
Lewis, who never worried about speaking his mind and was outspoken during his career against drug cheats, believes that the track and field athletes are the ones most holding back the sport today. Instead of running or jumping off to Europe or Asia for big paydays, he says they should be nurturing the sport at the grass-roots level in the United States and vigorously condemning drug cheats.
Lewis believes track and field athletes need a union, so that there can be one receiving house for grievances, one voice that speaks out on their behalf, one organization that mandates rules.
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