Welsh sailing legend in Olympians' call to leaders on climate action

Welsh Olympic gold medallist Hannah Mills MBE has joined her voice with those of a host of other sporting stars from the Tokyo Olympics, calling for action from world leaders at the climate conference in Glasgow.

The Cardiff-born sailor already uses her sporting profile to encourage the sporting world to eliminate single use plastic. She was part of ‘Challenge 6000’ too, an attempt to remove 6000 pieces of litter from the sea during the Olympics.

Now Hannah's got the International Olympic Committee on board to produce a powerful video message featuring athletes who participated at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo.

They call on governments and business and civil representatives gathered at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

Initiated by Mills, the most decorated female British sailor of all time, and British Olympic rower Melissa Wilson, the video features more than 50 Olympians and Paralympians from all corners of the world.

These include three-time Olympic medallist Pau Gasol (basketball, Spain), who is also a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission; double Olympic champion and marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge (athletics, Kenya); Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Tom Daley (diving, Great Britain); double Olympic champion Andy Murray (tennis, Great Britain); Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Emma Twigg (rowing, New Zealand); Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft MBE (wheelchair racing, Great Britain); Tokyo 2020 Paralympian Koyo Iwabuchi (table tennis, Japan); Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Martine Grael (sailing, Brazil); and many others.