Former senior national coach Alwyn Babb says more focus needs to be put on expanding the opportunities for winning medals at major events. Speaking to Nation Online during a recent athletics clinic at Queen’s College, he said Barbados was restricted by the number of medals for which the country could content, starting at the region’s premier junior meet, the CARIFTA Games. “We cannot go to CARIFTA, which has approximately 120 …
Qualifying possible
Article by January 19, 2021
Senior national coach Alwyn Babb is not surprised that so far none of Barbados’ hopefuls has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. But he also believes that it is not too late.
“I am not surprised because the international and regional competitions since March (2020) have been closed down. Right at the beginning of the outdoor season which begins traditionally in March, I believe that countries were closed and limited travel was happening because of COVID.
“So, I am not surprised that we have not had any qualifiers as yet. We are seeing a resumption of competition now on the indoor circuit where the NCAA has started. I suspect that once that happens other international bodies and organisations will press ahead as normal,” Babb told