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Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
Sir Clive Woodward's role as director for Olympics under fire
Sir Clive Woodward, who has the job of being elite performance director for the British Olympic Association, has had his role questioned by a parliamentary committee, and Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Boardman said: "We don't see anything he has to offer cycling that we are not already getting."
UK Athletics chief Ed Warner added: "He has not had any impact in athletics yet and he is a political hot potato. We must let sports run themselves and are determined not to be dictated to."
Ed Warner went on to say: "Ultimately, it has to be about what the performance director of each sport believes in and they must stand and fall by that."
Clive Woodward, who guided England to Rugby World Cup success in 2003, has been working as the director for 14 months, and part of his role is to find ways to help the UK team finish at least fourth in the medal table at the 2012 Games.
However, the appointment of Clive Woodward wasn't welcomed by everybody and some critics claim that his work was duplicating that already done by UK Sport.
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