Steve Ovett on underhand cash payments to athletes
- Title
- Steve Ovett on underhand cash payments to athletes
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:45
- Description
- Interview with British athlete Steve Ovett following claims by British Athletics officials he’s brought the sport into disrepute. The surprise statement pre-empts their own internal inquiry into allegations Ovett was offered money to run the recent Commonwealth trials. They also say Ovett’s claims of a murky world of cash payments is unsubstantiated. Ovett says they’ve already found him guilty before the inquiry. Broadcast on LBC AM breakfast. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Steve Ovett
- Keywords
- Sport; Athletics; Corruption; Athletes; Steve Ovett; British Athletics
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LBC/IRN, "Steve Ovett on underhand cash payments to athletes". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009300426014 (Accessed 07 May 2025)