Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Ohuruogu to run at Commonwealth Games

Christine Ohuruogu insists she will defend her Commonwealth title at the Games in Delhi and refuses to "jump on the bandwagon" and pull out over security fears.

The England team will make a final decision on their participation in the Games in India in September, but Paula Radcliffe and Jessica Ennis have already announced they will not compete in Delhi, albeit for sporting rather than security reasons.

But Olympic 400m champion Ohuruogu fully intends to compete as things stand.

She said: "No one wants to send people into an area that's unsafe, but I hope the Indian authorities make the necessary preparations.

"We had the same thing before the Athens Olympics when there was a bomb threat and then there was talk of a boycott before Beijing (in 2008).

"You have to be sensible and not jump on the bandwagon and say, 'I'm not going'."

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