Zara Phillips Slams 2012 Venue Choice

Zara Phillips, the eventing world champion and a strong contender for the British Olympic team in 2012, has criticised the choice of Greenwich Park as the equestrian venue for the London Games.

Phillips, who won the 2006 world title and is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, questioned the legacy that would be left in Greenwich and told The Times that Windsor or Burghley would be better venues.

“What is annoying is that they put something there and then take it all down afterwards,” Phillips said. “What’s the point of that?

“Why don’t you do it to a space that can be used with a legacy, not Greenwich Park where people walk their dogs? I thought that was the whole point of bidding for the Games.”

The 27-year-old Phillips, whose father Mark won three-day eventing gold at the Munich Games in 1972, was unable to compete in the 2004 Olympics in Athens or last year’s Beijing Games because of injuries to her horse Toytown…..

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Date: 3-07-2009
By: uk.eurosport.yahoo.com