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00:07 I'm Chris Turner and I'm the Director of the World Athletics Heritage Programme in the Department of Heritage
00:12 and also the Curator of the Museum of World Athletics.
00:15 We're here in the St Enoch's Shopping Centre in the centre of the city.
00:19 The reason we're here is in a month's time we'll have the World Indoor Athletics Championships in the Emirates Stadium
00:25 and we're here to celebrate 170 years of international indoor competition.
00:31 Obviously because we're in Scotland we've got quite a good Scottish feel,
00:35 not just in terms of the branding but some of the great athletes.
00:38 What we have here, even though it's an indoor exhibition, we've brought with us some great artefacts,
00:45 one of which Liz McColgan's spikes which she ran the 10,000 metres and won in Tokyo,
00:50 and even more recently we have Jake Whiteman's spikes from Eugene in 2022 when he became 1500 metres world champion.
00:57 That's just a snippet of what we've got in terms of Scotland.
01:00 In terms of indoor athletes specifically, because obviously that's what we're celebrating,
01:05 we have things from Jesse Owens right through to Mondo Deplantis.
01:10 We have things from Valerie Adams all the way through to, in a few minutes' time,
01:15 we'll have Yvonne Murray will be donating to the collection.
01:18 So it's a very varied collection for all the events, run, jump, throw and even walk.
01:23 Walking used to be part of indoor athletics and we have some artefacts from race walking in here as well.
01:28 Amazingly, we do these exhibitions all around the world.
01:32 Our contractor who's built this exhibition turned to me on day one and said,
01:36 "You know I've got a famous athlete in my family's history."
01:39 "Really?" "Yeah, a Scottish cross-country champion."
01:42 He said, "I found in my aunt's attic a box of things from him, including his medals from the 1913 cross-country title."
01:51 He became cross-country champion there.
01:53 There's a lovely letter. He then goes to Paris and has an international match against the French.
01:59 Scottish team member for cross-country in 1913.
02:03 Guess where he departed for Paris from?
02:06 From this very spot where the train station used to be.
02:11 What we have on the wall here is the citation from a Scottish cross-country union, his medals.
02:18 But then quite poignantly, two years later, the citation from the World War I of his death.
02:25 And the medal and the medallion and the king and country paying tribute for the loss.
02:30 So some really extraordinary stories.
02:33 One of which, as I said, until I walked in here, I didn't even know we'd have on display.
02:37 The Museum of World Athletics' indoor athletics collection.
02:41 We have our exhibition here in the centre of town.
02:43 We begin on Saturday 3rd February and it's open from 11am to 6pm every day.
02:50 And closes at the end of the World Indoor Championships on Sunday 3rd March.
02:54 It's free to enter and everybody is very much welcome.
02:57 What we try and do is put athletics into context.
03:00 So you can come here and see the actual height of the pole vault world records.
03:05 With the photograph at size of Mondo de Plantes setting the world record.
03:11 Same with the high jumps.
03:12 We're trying to make sure people understand the extraordinary athleticism of these people.
03:17 Ailey Doyle, Ambassador for the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
03:21 This is sort of kick-starting the build-up to the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
03:25 Which are happening from the 1st to the 3rd of March.
03:27 And this is the sort of, get the champs out there.
03:31 Be part of the city.
03:32 We want the champs to not just be those three days at the Emirates.
03:35 We want it to be out in the city and for people to get involved in it.
03:38 This is basically showcasing various memorabilia history from World Indoor and World Outdoor Championships from all over the year.
03:46 So yeah, a really interesting display of spikes, vests, strips for the public to see.
03:52 Without being biased, I think our home Scottish athletes are ones to look out for.
03:56 Laura Muir has indicated that she's targeting the 3,000 metres there.
03:59 She's got obviously a great history of indoor.
04:02 She's got umpteen gold medals from the European Indoors.
04:05 And she's got a bronze and a silver from World Indoors back in 2018.
04:09 So a phenomenal indoor runner.
04:10 And she's obviously targeting this, so definitely one to watch.
04:13 But as well as Laura, you've got Gemma Rieke who's in the women's 800 metres.
04:17 She had a really good year last year.
04:19 Has been coming back from quite a bad illness and injury.
04:21 So again, she'll be one to look out for.
04:23 And I think Neil Gourley in the men's 500 metres as well.
04:26 We've got such a great history of men's 500 metre runners
04:29 that I think the 1500 metres men is going to be a really good one to watch too.
04:33 Well, there's been rumour that Noah Lyles is potentially wanting to come along to this.
04:37 So he would obviously be a fantastic athlete to see.
04:40 I think for those that have got tickets, to see the men's sprint live in action.
04:44 To see how fast these guys actually run is incredible.
04:48 Mondo Diplantis in the men's pole vault has indicated he wants to do it as well.
04:51 And again, being able to see him live and the heights that he can jump in the pole vault
04:56 would just be incredible to see.
04:58 So yeah, a couple of big names there if they're going to be over here for that.
05:01 Hi, my name's Yvonne Murray-Mooney, MBE.
05:04 And I won my World Indoor Gold Medal 31 years ago.
05:08 It was an amazing feeling because in 1991 and 1992 I didn't run particularly well.
05:15 So going into the World Indoors, it was a last minute decision to take part.
05:19 But when I got there and then I was so far in front and I was laughing at athletes,
05:24 it gave me a great boost for the outdoor season.
05:27 I'm actually handing in the running spikes that I wore when I won the World Indoor Gold Medals.
05:33 It's such an honour to be able to do this and know that other people will get to see my spikes
05:39 and maybe remember.
05:41 This is the first museum 3D that's ever been done.
05:45 That's what's great about the next generation who are all computer-minded.
05:50 This is going to have a 3D audience and hopefully they'll see some of the memorabilia
05:57 that you don't normally get to see.
05:59 Because a lot of people just keep their tracksuits or their spikes
06:02 and they don't share it with everybody else.
06:04 But this is an opportunity to do that.
06:07 Look at Eric Liddell.
06:09 Watching Charity Sapphire was what inspired me to take up the sport.
06:13 It's incredible.
06:15 Sometimes when you watch athletes now and somebody's shouting 'Tracksuits off' and 'On your marks',
06:23 you remember that emotion that you felt at that moment.
06:26 So I'm watching Laura Beir and I know exactly how she's feeling
06:29 until the gun goes and then it all takes over.
06:33 My name's Neil Gray.
06:34 I'm the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for the Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy.
06:38 It's incredibly important and special that Glasgow is getting to host the World Indoor Athletics Championships
06:44 for the first time in Scotland.
06:46 And to build upon the incredible legacy that Glasgow is now building of hosting major events
06:52 the Commonwealth Games, the World Badminton, Gymnastics Championships
06:56 and of course the World Cycling Championships last year.
06:59 Glasgow is generating an incredible reputation as our major events host
07:03 and I hope that the World Athletics Championships will continue in that incredible legacy
07:09 of producing and building upon major sporting events.
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