ONLY the most naïve within sport believe success at the top end gives an opportunity to rest on one’s laurels when it comes to the development side.
If anything, elite success should act as a spur to strengthen the grassroots of a sport.
There is no one who is more cognisant of this than Eilidh Doyle, Scotland’s most decorated track and field athlete and someone who has spent the majority of her time since her retirement from competitive action last year ploughing her energies into developing the sport that saw her become one of the very best athletes in the world.
