Eliminating the sport would make it harder, not easier, to attract other athletes, he said.

Also, because tennis has become so lucrative, it is attracting better athletes.

He hopes his success will attract other black athletes to vaulting.

He said that other, smaller events paid far more to attract famous athletes.

And those sports without a professional outlet attract athletes who know there is no eventual money in it.

The races are either 5km are 10km and attract athletes from all over the world.

The university's world-renowned tennis program has attracted athletes from across the world.

Other than Hongkongers, the event also attracts athletes from various countries.

But the project has also attracted successful professional athletes.

In the early 1970s, he opened a school which attracted many celebrities, athletes and performers.