ISC refute Hickey charges
The row flared again this week during a Newstalk review of the arrangements for the Olympics which included suggestions made after the Games from racewalker Robert Heffernan that the OCI did not consult with him regarding flight requirements.
“Robert (Korzeniowski) would have all my training made out so I’m answerable to him and it didn’t fit in with my plans and there was no flexibility so I ended up buying my own flights direct to Osaka,” Heffernan said at the time. When he returned to Dublin after finishing eighth in the Olympics he had to make his own way back to Cork. He said the Irish Sports Council got him the flight back down to Cork. “And small little gestures like that mean a lot,” he said.
