Our Olympian

From the Guardian:

"With his dyed red hair, and an array of metal studs glinting from his wagging tongue and beaming face, Phillips Idowu lopes across a hotel lobby in Annecy. His trademark laugh booms loudly and he looks like he is stepping out for a night of clubbing in east London rather than honing his Olympic preparations in this picturesque French town. 'I told you I've got my Hackney vibe back,' grins the new world No1 triple-jumper and the best hope British athletics has for gold in Beijing. 'I'm feeling strong and cool - but I've got a long way to go before August 20.'"

Now read on.

Comments

[Ossie]

A Hackney Vibe needed urgently for the boroughs children(see below) and here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7469729.stm.

I like reading about Phillips Idowu and his hackney past, growing up on the De Beauvoir estate. I remember him saying it took years to get Hackney out of his system. He couldn't get used to people staring at him at meetings and not asking for a fight.

CHILD OBESITY
Highest percentage rate:
Hackney, London: 16.10
Wakefield, West Yorkshire: 15.97
Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire: 14.92
Ryedale, North Yorkshire: 14.85
Tower Hamlets, London: 14.65