Well done Valerie Vili, a great Choice. Of course there will always be contention over these Halberg Sports awards, depending on what sport you are into. Mine is track and field and so I am delighted with Valerie getting the supreme Nu Zulun Sports Person award.
I was shocked to hear Valerie only gets a $40,000 grant. In these days when athletics is professional, it aint good enough.
Mind you there was a time when track and field was strictly amateur. Wes Santee, the great US miler in the early fifties got raked over the coals and almost lost his amateur status for accepting a $200 camera. In 1956, he did in fact lose his amateur status.
The iconic Roger Bannister, the first sub four minute miler, was working hard to become a doctor at the time of his 3:59.4 back in May 1954. There was no way in could put in the training of the modern middle distance runner.
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