n Olympic policy document was circulated by UK Athletics recently that detailed the criteria for selection for this summer’s Tokyo Olympic Games. For emphasis it gave the dates: “July 24 to August 9, 2016.” If a UK Sport review has been commissioned to make sure British athletics is “fit for the future”, clearly it is going to be some challenge — they could not even get the date of the Olympics correct. This is an organisation that decided to stage an Athletics World Cup on the same weekend in 2018 as the Fifa World Cup final in Russia, the Wimbledon finals and the British Grand Prix, leading to thousands of empty seats at the London Stadium and £2 million in losses amid concerns of further