That is why Worthy de Jong yesterday presented a manifesto in the Utrecht district of Overvecht to ask for more space for sports. “When I was growing up, the facilities weren’t there,” says the Paris Olympic champion. State Secretary for Youth, Prevention and Sport Vincent Karremans (VVD) and Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning Mona Keijzer (BBB) listened attentively.
Basketball hero Worthy hopes that his successors will be given space: ‘I literally had to kick down doors’
