I’m very wary of stepping in as a minister and, for lack of a better way of phrasing it, forcing an athlete to participate at an event that the entire technical team around her has advised her not to participate.
Discussing the role of a minister in athlete participation decisions.
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You have to understand the Olympic Committee’s mandate. It is to actually put out Saint Lucia’s best athletes to the rest of the world. So, their position is not incorrect.
From my communication with [Alfred’s] team, she was slated to have participated at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and they did decide as a team that it may not be in her best interest for her to participate.
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