Moses wins 2010 Fair Play Award

Recent guest speaker at the RJR Sports Foundation 2010 National Sportsman and Sportwoman of Year Awards, American Dr. Edwin Moses was honoured at the World Fair Play Awards in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday.

Moses, a two time Olympic champion over 400 metres hurdles and who went undefeated in 122 races from 1976 to 1986, was named winner of the World Fair Play Award for 2010 in recognition of his outstanding career on and off the track as a champion of drug free sport.

“Fair play has certainly meant a lot to me,” said Dr. Moses, who currently serves as Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy.

“It has been a long fight and an ethical fight. I’ve seen sport change from when it was virtually like war when it was US against the Soviet Union, East bloc versus the West, there were a lot of elements that led into more doping in sport.”

Nawal El Moutawakel and Beirut Marathon founder May El Khalil were also among the honourees.