Keshorn receives Elite funding

The EAAP is an initiative by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago that provides financial assistance to outstanding athletes in support of their preparation for and participation in international competitions.

Athletes who benefit from this programme include those who have medalled in the Olympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Senior Pan American Games, Senior Central American Games and Caribbean Games.

This initiative is done in two parts where the athletes are given funding biannually. The Ministry, in a press release yesterday, said it is currently processing applications of the other Elite Athletes and cheque distributions will follow.

Walcott, a gold medallist at the London Olympics in 2012, followed up that performance with a bronze medal at the Rio Games last year.

At just 24 years old, Walcott is viewed as the present and future of sport locally and this country’s main athlete on the world stage.