Gala Harriers Athlete & Coaches Meet Haile Gebrselassie, Double Olympic Gold Medallist
May 16th, 2006
Earlier this month, Euan Jardine, Lynsey and Neil Renton from Gala Harriers, travelled to the University of Leeds to receive some valuable advice given by Olympic legend Haile Gebreslassie.
Don’t believe us? Then check out these photos of them meeting Haile!
Haile is the Ethopian endurance runner, double Olympic Gold Medallist at 10,000m who has broken world records at every distance from 2000m to 10,000m. He is one of the sports top athletes and took part in a question answer session with Scotland’s top young athletic talent.
The experience of meeting Haile was one of numerous opportunities provided by scottishathletics and made possible by Bank of Scotland for young Scottish athletes and their coaches. In recent years members of the squad have also had the opportunity to meet with Kelly Holmes, Allan Wells, Jason Gardener, Craig Mottram, Benita Johnson, Dean Macey, Kathy Butler & Jo Pavey.
The Gala Harriers, along with some of Scotland’s top young athletes and coaches, were also given a tour of the impressive sports facilities at the University, where they watched athletes using the most up to date sports technology.
The Bank of Scotland Talented Young Athlete Programme provides over 170 athletes per year with substantial support and training. Since 1999, the success rate has been outstanding with over 250 medals at British, Commonwealth and European levels. Team members past and present include Morag MacLarty, Gillian Cooke and Chris Baillie.
