John Steffensen fires another verbal tirade at Athletics Australia

[Neospeed]

@Youngy

That’s OK Neospeed, I can only assume you’ve never seen Eric in real life and have to rely on pictures to form your opinion. I’ve known Eric since his days at Williamstown Athletic Club in the early 90’s and from my the numerous times I have met and dealt with the bloke, it’s ludicrous to compare him with a blond swede. I think the comparison with another Englishman - Daley Thompson would be far more apt.

This argument is pretty stupid really, so lets get back to the gist of the issue…I believe our sport at the top level is 100% free of any racism and Steffensen’s unsubstantiated rants are akin to bringing the sport into disrepute. He needs to be made accountable for the comments. AA needs to organise an independent commission to investigate his claims (and call his bluff). Otherwise he will continue to cast aspersions on people’s characters and attract further bad publicity to the sport.

Daley Thompson clearly looks part black because his father is/was black. His mother is white. Keith Connor clearly looks black.
EH looks like he may have a touch of Pakistani or something in him, but no African ancestry, if you ask me. I’ve seen him many times when he trained his athletes at Sandringham athletics track. I agree that his skin tone is not much different to Steffensen’s.
I know a blonde Swede whose skin tans really well in the summer to the extent that it looks no lighter than the skin of EH & Steff.
Nuff said!