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 28, 2019
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Image Credit: British Gymnastics You know an athlete is a special talent when they are winning World Championship medals in their teenage years. Great Britain trampolinist Izzy Songhurst is one of those, having helped her country to a team bronze at the 2017 Trampoline,… Continue Reading “Trampoline World Championships Special: Izzy Songhurst”
Category: The 52, TrampoliningTags: 2017 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, 2018 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT European Championships, 2019 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, Azerbaijan, Baku, BBC Sport, British Gymnastics, Bryony Page, Dorset, Great Britain, Izzy Songhurst, Kat Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, Trampolining
Posted on March 2, 2019
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Photo credit: Mike Driscoll “I just felt like a failure. I thought I’d failed at what I’d been trying to do and not only had I not achieved what I wanted, I just didn’t feel able to do anything.” Being a professional athlete is… Continue Reading “#37) Laura Gallagher”
Category: The 52Tags: 2013 DMT World Championships, 2013 Trampolining World Championships, 2014 DMT European Championships, 2014 European Trampolining Championships, 2017 British Trampolining Championships, 2017 DMT British Championships, 2017 DMT World Championship, 2017 World Trampolining Championships, 2018 World Trampolining Championships, Azerbaijan, Baku, Bridgwater, British Gymnastics, DMT World Cup, Echo Arena, Five Rivers, French Masters, Great Britain, Hockey, Isabelle Songhurst, Kat Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, Liverpool, Mental Health, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rio 2016, Table Tennis, Taunton Vales HC, Tokyo 2020, Trampolining
Posted on November 18, 2018
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Photo credit: UK Sport Ask any British Olympic medalist the story behind their success and often they will tell you it’s down to help they received from others. While everyone has their own unique path, look closely into the journey of many athletes from… Continue Reading “#23) Liz Nicholl CBE”
Category: Olympics, Paralympics, The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: Alpine skiing, Ben Ainslie, BOA, Bradley Wiggins, British Cycling, Canada, Canoeing, Charlotte Dujardin, Charlotte Evans, Chris Hoy, Cricket, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Darren Kenny, David Roberts, David Weir, Diving, Ed Clancy, Ellie Simmonds, Equestrian, football, Germany, Golf, Great Britain, Gymnastics, Hannah Cockroft, Heptathlon, Hockey, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Isabel Newstead, James Anderson, Jason Kenny, Jess Ennis-Hill, Kelly Gallagher, Laura Kenny, Lee Pearson, Liz Nicholl, Lizzy Yarnold, Matthew Pinsent, Mo Farah, netball, Netherlands, Olympics, Paralympics, Pyeongchang 2018, Rio 2016, Robert Matthews, Rowing, rugby, Russia, Sailing, Sir Hugh Robertson, Skeleton, Sochi 2014, Sophie Christiansen, Steve Redgrave, Swimming, Taekwondo, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Team GB, Trampolining, Triathlon, UK Sport, USA, Wales, Wheelchair Racing, Winter Olympics
Posted on December 30, 2016
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It’s that time of year again for me to churn out my incredibly well informed, not-at-all-biased (please note the sarcasm here, my ego isn’t yet that big) top ten list of sporting moments that occurred during 2016. It was really hard to choose just… Continue Reading “My Top 10 Sporting Moments – 2016”
Category: UncategorizedTags: 2015-16 Premier League, 2016, 2016 6 Nations, 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Brazilian GP, 2016 DH World Championship, 2016 DH World Cup, 2016 French Open, Andy Murray, Athletics, Australia, Ayrton Senna, Aziz Awang, Brazil, Bryony Page, Canada, Cricket, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Downhill mountain biking, Eddie Jones, End of year review, England, F1, F1 2016, Germany, Hockey, Hollie Webb, Jason Kenny, Joachim Eilers, Kadeena Cox, Kat Driscoll, Keirin, Lauren Winfield, Leicester City, Malaysia, Max Verstappen, Milos Raonic, Netherlands, Novak Djokovic, Olympics, Pakistan, Paralympics, Rachel Atherton, Red Bull Racing, Rio 2016, Rosie MacLennan, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Serbia, Sir Chris Hoy, Sophie Bray, Tammy Beaumont, Team GB, Tennis, Trampolining, UEFA Champions League, Wimbledon 2016
Posted on August 24, 2016
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It’s all over. Almost as soon as it had begun, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad have ceased to exist. Not that it passed by quietly. The last fortnight was full of drama, suspense, controversy and incredible sporting achievement. Team GB have returned from… Continue Reading “Rio 2016 Review”
Category: Rio 2016Tags: Abbey D'Agostino, Almaz Ayana, Amy Tinkler, Andy Murray, Argentina, Athletics, Badminton, Becky James, Boxing, Bryony Page, Canoe slalom, Canoe sprint, Cycling, Diving, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Great Britain women's hockey, Gymnastics, Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, Hockey, Jamaica, Jason Kenny, Jazz Carlin, Joe Clarke, Juan Martin del Potro, Katherine Grainger, Laura Trott, Liam Heath and Chris Schofeld, Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge, Michael Johnson, Mo Farah, New Zealand, Nikki Hamblin, Rio 2016, Rowing, Rugby Sevens, Sailing, Simone Biles, Sir Chris Hoy, South Africa, Swimming, Team GB, Tennis, Track and field, Trampolining, USA, Usain Bolt, Victoria Thornley, Wayde van Niekerk, XXXI Olympiad
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