The weight lifting competitions, which go on for days, start with the lightest athletes.
So in that light, athletes are approached critically but appropriately so I expect UKA employees, including myself, to use appropriate language.
As Britain's youngest, shortest and lightest Olympic athlete, Rebecca Tunney is already used to superlatives.
Teig confirmed that, saying that a light-eyed athlete was more likely to have retinal damage as well as develop growths on the eyes, known as pingueculas and pterygiums.
How can this be viewed in the same light as athletes who knowingly try to cheat with performance-enhancing drugs?
Teig acknowledges that his idea is unorthodox, and concedes that for now, many light-eyed athletes will continue to try more traditional avenues.
The concerns for light-eyed athletes came into focus recently when Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, who has struggled to hit as effectively during the day as he does at night, revealed that team doctors told him his eye color could be a contributing factor.
And while acknowledgment of the issue varies from team to team and player to player, doctors say light-eyed athletes who frequently participate in day games — particularly baseball players — face increased obstacles, and even future health risks, as they repeatedly battle the sun.
And in the center, under the lights, elite athletes from around the world zip around a smooth plywood track during six days of competition — the sort of marathon racing that once drew tens of thousands of spectators to cycling tracks, or velodromes, across New York, from Coney Island to Madison Square Garden.
A bigger disappointment for him was that the cauldron will be lit by an athlete rather than the group of environmental activists he had proposed.
