On what we can all do to help better protect the planet. Over the next half an hour, well introduce you to this years winners from All Over The World and a variety of sports. But ourfirst winner of the young sportsperson of the year is from a little bit closer to home. Im on the way to devon to meet innes fitzgerald, who, a yearago, at the age ofjust 16, put her environmental principles above the start of her International Athletics career. Innes, congratulations. What you have done has been something that is really inspirational. How do you feel getting this award . Yeah, ifeel like its a real privilege. I never set out to achieve awards from this. Ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what theyre doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. Earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the Cross Country championships in australia because of
how do you feel getting this award? yeah, ifeel like it s a real privilege. i never set out to achieve awards from this. ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what they re doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the cross country championships in australia because of the impact flying there would have on the environment. it was like, well, i can go there and i might do really well, but can ijustify, like, taking that flight with just doing, like, one race, running for, like, minutes, which, obviously, would mean so much if i was to, like, do really well, but, like, the emissions from that flight is just so great, and ijust, at the time, couldn t justify it at all. ready? three, two, one, go. what was that conversation like with you? did she talk to you about it beforehand? yeah,
innes, congratulations. what you have done has been something that is really inspirational. how do you feel getting this award? yeah, ifeel like it s a real privilege. i never set out to achieve awards from this. ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what they re doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the cross country championships in australia because of the impact flying there would have on the environment. it was like, well, i can go there and i might do really well, but can ijustify, like, taking that flight with just doing, like, one race, running for, like, five minutes, which, obviously, would mean so much if i was to, like, do really well, but, like, the emissions from that flight is just so great, and ijust, at the time, couldn t justify it at all. ready? three, two,
last 24 hours? they could have postpone d te game. that s why the nfl operates on a 17-week basis because there are bye beengs they exist for injury purposes and it does allow the league some leeway in case of emergencies, in case they need to do something. usually it s because of weather because like i said, they are not prone to postpone gauges because of tragedies. but this is a whole other level. i can t stomach hearing they offered counselors. it only takes a couple hours to process something like this. people go to psychiatrists for years after their parents get divorced. we re talking about something that was visceral, violent and people will have to wrestle with so many different emotions. to me, it feels like they are