Athletics: Child plans to head indoors for the winter until the seconds melt away
At the end of a summer where she did not achieve her stated target, Eilidh Child underwent the inevitable appraisals and was confronted with the hard truths from her coach, Malcolm Arnold.
At the end of a summer where she did not achieve her stated target, Eilidh Child underwent the inevitable appraisals and was confronted with the hard truths from her coach, Malcolm Arnold.
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Mark Woods
For the last two weeks, his sage advice has been integrated into the hurdler's warm-weather training in South Africa where new ambitions have been forged following her failure to progress beyond the Olympic semi-finals.
The evaluation process flagged up a lack of urgency at the start of races. Yet the 25-year-old admits that the most effective lessons learned in 2012 came not from her mentor but from soaking up the approach of Great Britain team-mate Christine Ohuruogu.
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