A hero’s welcome for Keshorn

(Trinidad Express)

Tue, August 14, 2012 - 8:28 AM

Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott returned home to a reception fit for a king yesterday.
And the 19-year-old javelin champion was immediately promised a wide range of gifts by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Before thousands of excited Trinidadians at Piarco International Airport, Persad-Bissessar announced Walcott would be given TT$1 million (BDS$333 000), a house valued at TT$2.5 million (BDS$780 000), a scholarship at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean Airlines aircraft would be named after him, the lighthouse at Toco would be named the Keshorn Walcott Toco Lighthouse and the start of a Housing Development Corporation project in Toco.
After the VIP reception at the airport, Walcott was accompanied to his Toco home in a motorcade.
Here, Walcott raising his arms in celebration with his mother Beverly (left) and Persad-Bissessar (right).

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Posted by junior k 9 months, 1 week ago: Most of these athletes who aren't pros will become pros and start earning lots of money plus endorsements. Why reward people that will be soon earning more than the average peson?