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Tanni
continues:
Who
or what is your greatest inspiration when you are competing?
Tanni: My husband.
Ian is also an athlete and I've never beaten him in a race yet.
This is my biggest goal!
Do
you think you need to have a very strong head on you to be a top
class athlete or is a lot of it to do with the physical side?
Tanni: I think
you need to have both. You need to be mentally tough when your training
is not going well but you also need to be physically strong to train
hard.
As
one of the proud volunteers I just want to say a big thank you to
all of you athletes for making these games so special for us.
Tanni: Without
the volunteers the athletes couldn't be here. Some people have taken
three weeks off work to come and spend 20 hours a day at the games.
That's special.
Tanni,
where do you stand on the issue of a National Athletics Stadium?
Where in the country would you place it and are you disappointed
the City of Manchester Stadium is to be converted into a football
stadium?
Tanni: I would
love to have a national stadium and it should be in my back garden!
Seriously, I understand why the track is going to football because
football makes more money. We should have good facilities all over
the country
What
did it feel like when you won your gold in the Olympics?
Tanni: It was
fantastic! It was four years training for Sydney, about 12,000 hours
training for three minutes on the track.
What
type of thoughts go through your mind when you're on the podium
getting medal?
Tanni: Just
Wow! Nothing really, you don't think of anything you just watch
the flag go up It's just incredible. And then afterwards it was
like Oh...that was it!
I've
seen you involved in raising awareness of the abilities of those
with disabilities. Can you tell me more about what you're involved
in and how it helps people?
Tanni: I'm involved
in lots of sports organisations but also local groups who encourage
young disabled people to have dreams and goals. I believe that every
disabled person has the right to dream. It's just finding out how
that dream can be reality.
Can
you tell us the names of some of these groups so that people here
tonight can find out more?
Tanni: The British
Wheelchair Racing Association Wheelchair racing has a lot of sites
on the Internet
成人快手 Host:
You can use the 成人快手 Search Engine at
to look for things about this on the Internet.
How
do you feel about disabled sports being integrated into the Commonwealth
Games and would you like to see more disabled sports integrated?
Tanni: I was
very proud to have my event included and it's a good start. I hope
that there will be more events in Melbourne in 4 years time.
I
enjoyed the Paralympics more than the Olympics but was disappointed
that there was so little TV coverage, do you think there should
be more??
Tanni: Yes!
Hopefully by Athens there will be a lot more coverage on the TV
so write to the 成人快手! <laughs>
What
do you think about T3 competitors having to race against T4's?
Tanni: There
are two classes in wheelchair racing - T3 is for those with a high
level of disability. We race separately at the Paralympics but at
the Commonwealth Games we raced together. It's OK because we all
knew that's what we had to do but they should stay apart at the
Paralympics.
It's
not a question. Can I just say how much I admire you and how inspirational
you are.
Tanni: Thank
you - it's nice to hear that
成人快手 Host:
We like this question so much, we're asking all three athletes this
as their final question: Who or what is your greatest inspiration
when you are competing? And any heroes - on and off the track?
Tanni: Off the
track Nelson Mandela because of the way he was so dignified and
on the track Matthew Pinsent because he was a nice guy.
成人快手 Host:
That's all we have time for with Tanni Grey-Thompson - Thanks for
joining us Tanni!
Tanni: Goodbye
and thanks for joining me online
Next up
... Kanukai Jackson
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