'lot's Of Ways' To Mark Welsh Sportswomen - Grey-thompson

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson says nan deficiency of statues celebrating Welsh sportswomen does airs questions of adjacent recognition.

Former world marathon grounds holder Steve Jones has become nan 18th sportsman to beryllium immortalised successful stone, bronze aliases steel, successful Wales.

Chair of nan Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, Phil Davies said it was nan "time to commencement nan speech astir adding immoderate of our outstanding women to nan list."

Baroness Grey-Thompson, nan 11-time Paralympic golden medallist said: "The silhouette they did of Steve Jones past week was amazing, it looks perfectly unthinkable - he collapsed nan marathon world record, which is unbelievable.

"But it does propulsion successful a wider benignant of nickname of women's sport, wherever it's astatine and what much do we request to do to get much adjacent recognition?"

Baroness Grey-Thompson said a operation of factors had resulted successful nan deficiency of Welsh sportswomen being celebrated

"I conjecture it's for illustration who's paying for nan statue, you know, because nary of these things are terribly cheap," she told nan BBC Radio Wales Phone-In.

"If you look astatine governmental statues, rather often they're paid for by nan men themselves.

"I don't cognize whether nan world has moved connected from having a statue.

"I retrieve going to St David's Centre (in Cardiff) erstwhile I was a kid and seeing nan statue of Gareth Edwards, and that was amazing.

"But it's absorbing astir really young group link to these things and I'm not judge they're needfully connecting nan aforesaid measurement arsenic possibly my procreation did."

Baroness Grey-Thompson said Welsh sportswomen specified arsenic Elinor Barker, Jade Jones and Lauren Price had been recognised for their occurrence successful different ways.

"I person to opportunity nan Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, they've been astonishing each done of recognising sportswomen, truthful that's good," Baroness Grey-Thompson added.

"It's conscionable whether we do request this benignant of very beingness manifestation of thing successful nan measurement that we utilized to have. I don't cognize nan answer.

"I was inducted to nan Hall of Fame nan aforesaid twelvemonth arsenic Steve Jones.

"And that to maine was huge, because it was being recognised by benignant of chap group successful sport.

"I'm not judge I would want a statue of myself, to beryllium honest. But I deliberation there's tons of ways that we tin recognise.

"I deliberation we're beautiful bully astatine recognising group who've excelled successful athletics successful Wales.

"I'd astir apt alternatively nan money spell into helping different procreation of young people."