Greene targets 2012 Olympics
Llanelli sprinter Dai Greene is optmistic he'll be able to make an impact in the 400m hurdles at the London Olympics in 2012.
The 23 year old ran a personal best in the semi finals of the World Championships in Berlin last week but could only finish 7th in the final.
He said: "I can't wait to get stuck into the European Championships next year and the Commonwealth games.
"I think I'll have to be running under 48 seconds to become a serious contender. Not many people run that fast so that's got to be a target of mine."
Dai Greene chats to Real Sport's Mark Poyser
Dai's been hosting an Aviva UKA Academy training session at the National Indoor Athletics Centre in Cardiff designed to help encourage youngsters to have a taste of athletics.
The Aviva UKA Academy is a revolutionary approach to grassroots sport designed to provide opportunities for every child in the UK to get active by 2012. Aviva, longstanding sponsors of UK Athletics, launched the scheme earlier this month after new research revealed that teenagers spend 20 times longer in front of a television or computer screen than they do playing sport.
With six different schemes, new indoor and outdoor competition and awards structures, the Aviva UKA Academy aims to engage and attract children to the sport, regardless of age, level or ability. The programme ranges from teacher training tools to inter schools competitions, disability sport recruitment and after school and summer holiday programmes. More information can be found at www.aviva.co.uk/athletics.
