Denise Lewis optimistic about Great Britian's prospects
A specialist in the arena of the heptathlon, British born Denise Lewis is definitely one of the most impressive athletes the world of athletics has had the pleasure of witnessing. At the age of thirty eight, she boasts of an athletic record that surpasses that of several other athletes.
A gold medal winner at the Sydney Olympics held in 2000, Lewis provided her nation with a sufficient amount of pride and glory, and also deservingly accepted the honour of being crowned an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Twice runners up of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, once in 1998 and again in 2000, it can be undoubtedly said that Denise Lewis has always remained in the spotlight in terms of gaining recognition for her athletic skills and power.
Her personal best at the event of the heptathlon includes an accumulation of a magnanimous six thousand eight hundred and thirty one points, which is certainly an extremely impressive record, speaking volumes not only about Denise Lewis’ class as an athlete, but also of her yearn and quest for gaining further unimagined success and recognition at her forte. The year of 2009 provided her with another fruitful, yet slightly varied opportunity as she was casted as an athletics pundit for BBC to cover the 2009 World Athletic Championships held in Berlin.
Recently, Denise Lewis has released a statement expressing her optimism for the team of Great Britain at the nearing European Championships to be hosted by Barcelona in Spain.
Lewis believes that a target of 10 to 15 medals can be easily accomplished at the upcoming tournament, and her position on this topic is strongly backed by the head coach of the UK Athletics Squad Charles van Commenee. The coach believes that the athletes are in the strongest position possible, with the seemingly promising abilities to attain the best performances at the European Championships in the past twelve years.
In her announcement regarding the prospects of the athletics team of Great Britain, Denise Lewis highlighted some players she believed to be promising medal winners; she outlined Jessica Ennis as an influentially strong contender for the heptathlon, Dain Green in the arena of the four hundred meter sprint, Jenny Meadows in the eight hundred meters racing, and Phillips Idowu in the triple jump tournament to name a few. She also mentioned the male and female relay racing teams, strongly adding that the prospects of them returning home with glory seemed brighter than ever before.
The recent statements released by Denise Lewis are pivotal, since they not only provide a much needed morale booster to the athletics squad of the United Kingdom, but also because they sufficiently highlight the potential this athletic squad has to offer.
If Denise Lewis’ insight is accurate enough, the world of athletics may witness a complete turn over in terms of the end of the drought faced over the past few seasons by the athletics team of Great Britian.
Whether or not Denise Lewis’ predictions regarding each British athlete in particular, and the squad in general will be channelled into reality and provide the country with a momentous occasion to rejoice and celebrate is something only time will tell. However, it is evident that being backed by an athlete of a calibre such as that of Denise Lewis does add a great deal of credibility to the performing abilities of the British athletes.
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