Tag: SportSpiel
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… Continue Reading “Trampoline World Championships Special: Bryony Page”
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… Continue Reading “Trampoline World Championships Special: Kat Driscoll”
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,… Continue Reading “#45) Elise Christie”
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… Continue Reading “#42) Harlequins”
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,… Continue Reading “#41) Stacey Copeland”
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… Continue Reading “#27) Emily Glanvill”
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… Continue Reading “#24) Sammi Kinghorn”
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
Posted on November 4, 2018
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Photo credit: Alex Paske “It’s so important to be passionate about what you do. That’s what we tell every child we work with, whether that’s in sport or otherwise.” These are the words of Alex Paske, the founder of the Mintridge Foundation and winner… Continue Reading “#21) Alex Paske”
Category: The 52Tags: #SWOTY, Alex Paske, Archery, Athletics, Charity, Cricket, Danielle Brown, England, Grassroots, Great Britain, Hockey, Judo, Marilyn Okoro, Mintridge Foundation, Nekoda Smythe-Davis, Pamela Cookey, Paralympics, SportSpiel, Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year, Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year 2018, United Kingdom
Posted on October 21, 2018
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Retirement is one of sport’s inevitabilities, alongside success, failure and injury. And while there will always be some upset at seeing their favourite athletes walking away, the mark of one that’s truly special is the universal outpouring of love sent their way after making… Continue Reading “#19) Lizzy Yarnold”
Category: The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: #NotARedCard, A Question of Sport, British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association, Charlotte Dujardin, Great Britain, Heptathlon, Jade Jones, Laura Deas, Laura Kenny, Lizzy Yarnold, Martha Kelner, Nicola Adams, Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, Rusada, Russia, Sean Ingle, Shirley Robertson, Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Skeleton, SportSpiel, Steph Cook, Team GB, The Guardian, Twitter, WADA, Wales, Winter Olympics
Posted on July 7, 2018
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Have you heard about the sprinter who went from relative obscurity and missing out on a place at the Commonwealth Games by 0.01s to British champion in the space of a few months, breaking a 34-year-old record on the way? Sounds too good to… Continue Reading “#4) Beth Dobbin”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 200m, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 IAAF European Championships, Aesop, Athletics, Athletics World Cup, Beth Dobbin, Bianca Williams, British Athletics, Carlos Bacca, Commonwealth Games, Dina Asher-Smith, England, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Hare, Hollywood, Jodie Williams, Jordan Pickford, LA 1984 Olympics, Loughborough University, Sandra Whittaker, Scotland, Scottish Athletics, SportSpiel, Sprinter, Tortoise
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