Leeds Leads Way In Restoring Olympic Legacy

As concerns are raised that over half of us still don't do any sport - Radio Aire's been looking at whether the Olympic legacy still exists here in Leeds.

The 2012 Games were designed to inspire a generation - but new Sport England figures reveal a decline in the number of people getting active - 200,000 people in six months.

But Chief Executive of West Yorkshire sport, Nigel Harrison, says it's not all bad news.

"Leeds is one area that’s bucking the trend - it went higher and has remained high and has even gone up again in the last 12 months."

With the city attracting big events like the Tour de France and next year's World Triathlon Series, Leeds is to be used as a model to help boost participation in the rest of the UK "We need to look at Leeds as a model of how we get more people playing sport. It’s not as easy in the other areas obviously because Leeds has been particularly successful in attracting - over the last few years - large scale events... The whole profile of sport in Leeds has been raised over the last couple of years phenomenally."

We asked coachess at the South Leeds City Stadium what they think - they said among other things they want to see more encouragement from parents and a wider range of sports on TV so kids have more role models