Walker’s last
“I am sorry my reign as Olympic champion has had to end like this,” said John Walker last night “But at least I. have had the opportunity. I feel just as sorry for those who had sacrificed so much for what may well have been a once in a lifetime opportunity. “I was in the situation where I had people wanting me to pull out of the team and then saying that if I did the rest would follow. It was not up to me to dictate what should have happened. “Obviously the New. Zealand Amateur Athletic Association has been manipulated —- manipulated by the Government, the press and the public—but it was a move they had to niaVp 99 “That’s it. I won’t be
going- to Brisbane for the Commonwealth Games in two years or Los Angeles in 1984?’ ; t ' The, '1976 ,Olympe 1500 metres Champion said that he hoped that air tickets would be given to any competitors who wanted to participate in alternative competitions
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