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said: ‘If you look back at Olympic Games, this is only a relative embarrassment. It is a slightly arcane dispute over a profi t that may, or may not exist.’ Abrahamson, who is an American journalist, off ered
his take on the dispute, saying that in the States the problem would not arise because the government gave no funding to the national team. T e issue of legacy was a recurring theme. Javelin
thrower Tessa Sanderson, who recently resigned from the Olympic Park Legacy Committee, had launched a tirade earlier that day about the lack of funding going towards athletics and the east end community. Her argument alluded to the fact that £40m had
been provided by Newham Borough Council to back the West Ham bid to use the Olympic Stadium after the games, whereas athletics and the community was getting little support. Again the panel were united in their condemnation
of Sanderson’s claims. ‘Tessa Sanderson is wrong,’ said Robertson. ‘A sports
legacy means diff erent things to diff erent people and unfortunately some people feel that if the legacy is not addressing their one interest then it is not delivering.
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ABOVE LEFT Panel members prepare to answer questions
ABOVE RIGHT County Hall on London’ s South Bank was the setting for Olympic Question Time
INSPIRING AND HIRING ‘We are making a huge diff erence to thousands of children around the world through our International Inspirational legacy programme, while at home we are creating jobs on the Olympic Park, 1,200 on site now and another 8,000 as the Games takes place. ‘We have had two major football clubs fi ghting for
three months over who will have the right to call the stadium home after the Games, because it is such a great stadium.’ Sue Campbell felt that the legacy had begun back in 2005, when London won the right to host the Games. She pointed to the high performance centres that have been created to push young sporting talent to reach its potential. In her view this was the greatest achievement of the legacy. T e regeneration of Barcelona, more visible 20 years on than it was at the time, was the thrust of
UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT IF THE LEGACY IS NOT ADDRESSING THEIR ONE INTEREST THEN IT IS NOT DELIVERING
Abrahamson’s argument. He said: ‘It depends what you measure your legacy by. Is it the day after? Is it 20 years after? I was in Barcelona recently and the legacy there is clear to me.’ Transport is the Achilles heel of the 2012 bid,
admitted Robertson in answer to a question from Matthew Beard of the Evening Standard. ‘We are doing everything we can to ensure it all goes to plan. ‘We have put in additional capacity, there are
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