DOUBLE Olympic medallist Keshorn Walcott said criticism is part and parcel of being an athlete.
Walcott was speaking to Newsday recently after placing seventh in the men's javelin final at the Olympic Games in Paris. The Toco native threw the spear 86.16m, a season's best following season-ending surgery in 2023.
It was another medal-less Olympic campaign for Trinidad and Tobago – the second in a row – which brought a wave of criticism of athletes, national sporting bodies and the government.
Walcott, 31, was TT's last...
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Author: Jonathan Ramnanansingh