Posts Tagged ‘Bobsleigh’
From achilles rupture to Olympic glory in 7 months – John Jackson Team GB Bobsleigh
Here is a great plot for a sports adventure film – an athlete is training hard for winter Olympic glory – the games are a mere 7 months away. But then disaster strikes – he suffers a bad Achilles rupture. His only chance of recovering and competing in the timeframe is choosing pioneering surgery, (although…
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Having given your all playing rugby at the highest level and then finding you are at a point where injuries are hampering you and affecting your love for the sport what do you do? Retire gracefully or take up a dangerous new sport and aim to be an Olympian? If you are former England 7s,…
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