sportsmanagement.co.uk August 2016 Vol 20 Issue 13 No 125 @sportsmag Rio 2016 Olympic Games special UK Sport’s Inside the Rio 2016 masterplan with Simon Timson AECOM’s Bill Hanway p34 We’ve got 79 really good shots at winning Olympic venues medals in Rio p10 in focus p40 Issue 125 • August 2016 sportsmanagement.co.uk EDITOR’S LETTER 3 Keeping faith with the Olympic vision The Olympic Games is the only event which brings the whole world together to spend positive time playing, sharing and battling for excellence within the context of fair rules. Protecting its integrity has never been more vital defy anyone to watch an Olympic opening ceremony without a tear or a lump in their throat. Doubts and cynicism melt away in the presence of the athletes, who have devoted such honest, passionate eff ort to their endeavours. We’ve heard evidence IIt’s this uplifting spirit which means the Olympic that athletes are being Games continues to delight and amaze, in spite of the commercialisation and battle we have with cheating. encouraged to abuse In this issue of Sports Management we celebrate Rio laxatives to lose weight 2016 and focus on the people and facilities that have contributed to the UK’s participation. The Olympic Games is the only event that brings Much of it is about intention – are we playing by the world together to spend time playing in a spirit of the letter AND the spirit of the law? peace – men and women, the able bodied and those We heard evidence recently that athletes training with disabilities and from almost every nation. for sports where competition is in weight bands, It’s something we sorely need at this time when the are being encouraged to abuse laxatives to get negatives are threatening to overwhelm the positives. their weight down and this is leading to infertility We must guard the Olympics’ from the bad intentions problem in women. The fact coaches are involved, which are harming humanity in other arenas. They’re means they’re harming those in their charge. precious and must be protected. Sport can be a bringer of joy and health, but the Sporting ethics have been headline news for weeks actions involved in cheating can destroy lives. This in the run up to Rio, as the international community matters at every level, because it feeds its way up. wrestles with state-sponsored cheating by Russia. We have to keep sport clean and the governance of Cheating in sport is an age-old problem, but the sports bodies needs to be routinely checked to ensure commercial value of an Olympic medal, the rise of this is the case at every level, not just at the top. nationalism and advances in the science of doping, The UK’s new sport Code of Governance, due to be mean it’s never been easier to cheat and that the published in Septembe, will create a solid foundation incentives to do so have never been greater. and set expectations for sports organisations, to But although it’s the high profi le cases which make enable them to earn the trust of funders, athletes the headlines, cheating is a continuum and everyone and stakeholders. It can’t come soon enough. involved can contribute to keeping sport honest, from the grassroots up, by setting and enforcing fair rules. LIZ TERRY, EDITOR, SPORTS MANAGMENT Choose how you read Spots Management magazine PRINT DIGITAL PDF ONLINE leisuresubs.net sportsmanagement.co.uk/digital sportsmanagement.co.uk/contents Turn over: Readers’ letters sportsmanagement.co.uk *TTVFt"VHVTU 3&"%&34&37*$&4 4VCTDSJQUJPOT UK Sport’s Denise Adams Simon Timson on +44 (0)1462 471930 $JSDVMBUJPONBOBHFS maintaining Britain’s Michael Emmerson sporting success +44 (0)1462 471932 &%*503*"-5&". &EJUPS Liz Terry +44 (0)1462 431385 p10 .BOBHJOHFEJUPS Tom Walker +44 (0)1462 471934 /FXTFEJUPS Matthew Campelli +44 (0)1462 471912 News and analysis: "%7&35*4*/(5&". Tracey Crouch, 1VCMJTIFST John Challinor Sport England, the +44 (0)1202 742968 LTA and more Paul Thorman (recruitment) +44 (0)1462 471904 "EWFɀUJTJOHTBMFT Jan Williams +44 (0)1462 471909 p14 8&#5&". 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A topic you want to discuss? An opinion on an article featured in Sports Management? Write to us at: [email protected] 5PVDIBOETNFMMBSFPGUFO IFJHIUFOFEJOEFBGCMJOEQFPQMF 4QPSUDBOQMBZBSPMFJOJNQSPWJOHMJWFTPGEFBGCMJOEQFPQMF ense is committed to making sure in physical sport are often complex and sight and hearing loss. We’ve been that deafblind people can live full, diffi cult to overcome. able to open up a range of diff erent Sindependent lives, which is why Sport can play a key role in improving accessible sports activities, such as yoga, it’s so important to us that we can start lives and we’ve seen fi rst-hand the eff ect rock climbing, swimming and cycling, creating pathways that open up the physical activity can have on helping to for deafblind people in London and the joys of sport and physical activity to the reduce isolation and build community Midlands to enjoy. We’ve also been people we support. connections for those we support. developing bespoke training workshops The UK’s growing deafblind population Senses such as touch and smell are for sports coaches and support workers are amongst the hardest to reach and heightened with the loss of sight and so that people feel empowered and most vulnerable in the disability sector, hearing, so for many deafblind people equipped to off er sports sessions to with an estimated 300,000 people with just the opportunity to encounter a new people with sight and hearing loss. a combination of sight and hearing loss environment such as a sports centre, park Together we’re committed to making living in England alone. or swimming pool can be an incredibly sure that the barriers that prevent Engaging in sport opens up a powerful and rewarding experience. deafblind people from being active are whole range of social benefi ts, such Alongside Sport England, deafblind removed and that everyone is able to as increased confi dence, a boost to charity, Sense, is working to deliver reap the rewards of sporting activity. self-esteem and the chance to make innovative programmes to increase the new friends, but for someone who is amount of sport and physical activity *BO$BSQFOUFS deafblind the barriers to participating opportunities available to people with /BUJPOBM4QPSU.BOBHFS 4FOTF Turn over: People profi les – Rio 2016 special 8 PEOPLE sportsmanagement.co.uk *TTVFt"VHVTU i*UTFJHIUZFBST TJODFXFQSFQBSFEGPSB TVNNFS(BNFTPWFSTFBT TPUIJTIBTCFFOBWFSZ EJćFSFOUFYQFSJFODF GSPN-POEPOw Mark England, chef de mission, Team GB ark England was appointed chef de &OHMBOEMFE5FBN “2015 saw a tremendously successful Team GB mission of Team GB in April 2014, (#EVSJOHUIF performance at the Baku European Games, where shortly after the Sochi Winter &VSPQFBO we finished third on the medal table behind Russia Olympic Games. His first major (BNFTJO#BLV and the hosts Azerbaijan,” he says. event in the new role came last “We came away from Baku in better shape in Myear, when he successfully steered British athletes qualifying athletes for Rio and, just as importantly, at the inaugural European Games at Baku. those Games helped instil the knowledge across This summer, he will be the man ultimately British athletes of what it means to be part of Team responsible for everything running smoothly for GB, and how special it is to be part of that multi- Team GB athletes during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games environment. Games. Organising everything from training “We’ve had impressive performances last year facilities to travel arrangements on the other side across a range of Olympic sports. Look at the of the world can be a tough task, but England has gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow, where plenty of experience. Before accepting the top role, British Gymnasts won five medals – a fantastic England served as deputy chef de mission at the last achievement.