Pictured, from left to right, at the presentation ceremony are contractor Clement Penn, sponsor Dinesh Vaidya, five-time Olympian and two-time gold medallist Pauline Davis, Prime Minister Philip Davis, writer and friend Diane Phillips, Pauline’s brother Peter and her aunt, Magistrate Linda Virgill.
‘GOLDEN Girl’ Pauline Davis presents a copy of Running Sideways, The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History, to Prime Minister Philip Davis during a ceremony at his office on March 29.
In a lighter moment, the prime minister confessed he tried but never won any of the events she conquered – the 100, 200 and 400 metres, but was quickly reminded that he won a far greater race – leadership of the country.
Davis, the most decorated athlete in Bahamian history, shared with the prime minister and others bitter struggles and great victories, including being the first woman of colour ever to hold a seat on the World Athletics Council.
She was re-elected 16 terms, now holds honorary life membership and on March 8 - International Woman’s Day - this year, the 214-country council announced Pauline Davis would be the global champion for women in sports for 2022, inviting millions around the world to follow daily social media posts.
The book was more than one year in the making as Davis shared with award-winning author TR Todd the highs and lows of a life of personal stumbles, triumphant recoveries, rich with experience on and off the track with travel to 177 countries.
Victory, it seems, runs in the family. The leader of the nation and the top in women’s track and field are cousins.
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