Posted on February 16, 2020
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Photo credit: Georgina Roberts Georgina Roberts talks to Alasdair Hooper about a difficult 2019 for her and her family, learning to accept who she is and why she wants to ensure shooting becomes more accepted as a sport. I am Georgina Roberts; I shoot Olympic…
Category: Shooting, The 52Tags: 2019 Women of the Future Awards, 2020 Malaga Grand Prix, BASC News, British Shooting, Clay Shooting Magazine, Georgina Roberts, Great Britain, Mintridge Foundation, Olympic Trap, Olympics, Shooting, SportSpiel, Wales, Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association
Posted on January 26, 2020
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Laura Sugar is one of those athletes you can’t help but be jealous of. Many of us can only dream of being skilled enough to play for our country in one sport. Sugar has represented hers in three. She made her debut for Wales’…
Category: Athletics, Canoeing, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2019 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships, Athletics, Canoeing, Great Britain, Hockey, KL3, Laura Sugar, Leah Wilkinson, London 2012, Para-athletics, Para-canoeing, Paralympics GB, Rio 2016, Rio 2016 Paralympics, Sarah Jones, SportSpiel, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Wales
Posted on January 5, 2020
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It was upon belatedly receiving her Olympic bronze medal in 2018 that Marilyn Okoro realised she still had more to give athletics. Ten years after being part of the 4x400m quartet that initially finished fifth in Beijing, Okoro – alongside Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton…
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 2007 World Athletics Championships, 2009 World Athletics Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2011 World Athletics Championships, 2018 Mullers Anniversary Games, Athens 2004, Athletics, Beijing 2008, Christine Ohuruogu, Dame Kelly Holmes, Great Britain, Jeanette Kwakye, Jenny Meadows, Kelly Sotherton, London, London 2012, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders, Olympics, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, SportSpiel, Team GB, Tokyo 2020, USA, Wigan
Posted on November 29, 2019
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Bryony Page’s beaming smile after she completed her second trampoline routine at Rio 2016 was for many the highlight of that year’s Olympics. To see an athlete so completely overwhelmed with emotion after producing the performance of a lifetime is a memory that will…
Category: The 52, TrampoliningTags: 2010 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, 2012 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Games, 2019 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, Bryony Page, Great Britain, Izzy Songhurst, Kat Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, London 2012, Rio 2016, Rosie MacLennan, Sheffield Trampolining Academy, SportSpiel, Team GB, Tokyo, Trampoline Tumbling & DMT British Championships, Trampoline Tumbling & DMT European Championships, Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, Trampolining
Posted on November 27, 2019
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Image Credit: British Gymnastics As she prepares to compete at her 11th World Championships, there are no signs that Kat Driscoll will be giving up trampolining anytime soon. Described by team-mate and The 52 writer Laura Gallagher as a legend of the sport, come January…
Category: The 52, TrampoliningTags: 2013 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, 2019 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, BBC Sport, British Gymnastics, British Gymnastics World Class Programme, Bryony Page, Chatham, Great Britain, HSBC, Izzy Songhurst, Kat Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, London 2012, O2 Arena, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rio 2016, SportSpiel, Tokyo 2020, Tracy Whittaker
Posted on May 5, 2019
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Photo credit: Martin Holtom It’s difficult finding a genuine reason to dislike Elise Christie. Her quirky personality, motivational Instagram posts and relative humbleness despite her immense talent all serve to make the short track speed skater highly endearing. She is a journalist’s dream too,…
Category: The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, 2019 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Anxiety, BBC Sport, David McDaid, Depression, Elise Christie, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Pyeongchang 2018, Short track speed skating, Sochi 2014, SportSpiel, UK Sport
Posted on April 6, 2019
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Photo credit: @HarlequinsWomen Women’s rugby is on an incredible upward curve right now. It seems that every five minutes something groundbreaking occurs, whether it be the introduction of full-time contracts, new sponsors for major tournaments or outstanding performances. Attendance figures have also been smashed…
Category: Rugby Union, The 52Tags: #GameChanger, 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2019 Women's Six Nations, Aylesford Bulls, caytoo, Chelsea, David Ellis, DHL, England, Facebook, Gloucester Hartpury, Harlequins, Harlequins Women, Ireland, Jade Konkel, Jess Breach, Kristine Sommer, Leah Lyons, Leanne Riley, Rachael Burford, Red Roses, Rugby Union, Scotland, SportSpiel, Tyrrells Premier 15s, USA, YouTube
Posted on March 30, 2019
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This week SportSpiel founder and co-host Alasdair Hooper writes about an athlete he describes as a pioneer, innovator and inspiration to all women. Pave the way. Three words that sound so simple but can mean so much. Those words can challenge prejudice, change society,…
Category: Boxing, The 52Tags: BBC Radio Manchester, Boxing, caytoo, Commonwealth, David Beckham, Doncaster Rovers Belles FC, England, Fencing, football, Hockey, Manchester Evening News, Muhammad Ali, netball, Pave The Way, rugby, Ryan Giggs, SportSpiel, Stacey Copeland, Sugar Ray Leonard
Posted on December 16, 2018
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‘Why fit in when you were born to stand out?’ An oft-used quote from children’s author Thomas Seuss Geisel – or Dr. Seuss as he is more famously known – this is a statement relevant to as many people as it isn’t. One individual…
Category: Motorsport, The 52Tags: 2016 UK Junior Saloon Car Championship, Autograss, British Touring Car Championship, Dr Seuss, Emily Glanvill, Fiona Leggate, Motorsport, School, Scotland, Sexism, Speedway, SportSpiel, Teenage Cancer Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust Scholarship Car, W Series
Posted on November 24, 2018
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Ask any journalist to recount everything they’ve written and it is almost guaranteed they won’t be able to remember the majority. But every now and again there is one that sticks with you forever. For me that’s the tale of Sammi Kinghorn. What the…
Category: Athletics, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, Accident, Commonwealth Games, Disability, Eben, Ebenezer Scrooge, European Champion, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, London 2017, London Stadium, Marathon, Paralympics, Paralysis, Rio 2016, Sammi Kinghorn, Scotland, sportscotland, SportSpiel, Sprinting, Sunday Mail, Tokyo 2020, Wheelchair Racing, World Champion
