Sunday, December 25, 2011

We must make an effort to encourage future female world champions | Jeanette Kwakye

5:14 PM | Posted by Free Game Zone | Edit Post

list of all the men of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year highlights the dismissive attitude of the media for female athletes

I'm pretty sure

tell me where were you when the England team rugby crashed into the World Cup this year. It would probably also remember the time when the nation welcomed Mo Farah at World Championship glory in the 5000 meters. However, I remember where I was when Rebecca Adlington won the world championship 800 freestyle gold in Shanghai? Or when Chrissie Wellington took his fourth wife of iron for the world title in Hawaii?

Forgive yourself if you missed the last two shows: they managed to escape most of our sports editors, too. Our great Paralympic champion Tanni Grey-Thompson called the coverage - and funding - women's sport in this country "catastrophic". Why, if the BBC Sport Personality of the Year, to be held next week, have no women on the shortlist?

currently hold the title of champion of 100 British, and reached the final of this event in the Beijing Olympics. When viewing the list short, I was disappointed but not surprised that there were no female candidates, because I do not remember having seen extensive media coverage around one of our Women's World Champions.

What message are we sending our youth when our sports writers prefer to choose three non-British awards for UK one of our own world champions? What does this say about our country a few months before the best sports year in recent history? It is time the media broke with the status quo and gave a decent cover for excellence in women's sports.

    Sports Personality
  • prices have a golden opportunity to enter elite sportsmen and women nationwide. With athletes on the list, young women can be inspired and gain the confidence to explore activities that help them achieve their full potential.
  • The awards also recognize the unsung heroes who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help develop world-class athletes. Unfortunately, these possibilities seem to be based more attractive to boys than girls, but many believe that the lack of women's sports on television play a crucial role. In basketball, for example, the England team is ranked third in the world, but the lack of media coverage, you will never have enough to attract disciples became an elite sport. It will only remain a staple of the physical education program.
order to promote the necessary changes, the British athletes need to become a role model for young girls who are thinking about sport, but the risk of being turned off.

addition to the training of the 2012 Olympic Games, who also work for the Foundation of Youth Sports, the delivery of a program in schools to encourage participation among young children. What is clear is that British women have the highest level of obesity in Europe and one of the lowest rates of participation in school sports. Only 22% of girls aged 16-17 years in the United Kingdom to participate in the recommended daily sport, compared to 48% of children. It is clear that significant work must be done to encourage girls to participate in competitive sport - whether or not they have aspirations to become the next Jessica Ennis. High-profile initiatives of women athletes to be launched with the curriculum.


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