Posts Tagged ‘Olympian’
Smashing it: Badmonton’s Susan Egelstaff on beating knee injury and Olympic dreams
Commonwealth medal-winning badminton player Susan Egelstaff had her sights firmly set on the London 2012 Olympics when disaster struck. Sitting in the GB No. 1 spot everything was on course to qualify when she suffered a terrible knee injury. In this brilliant episode, she talks candidly about what it was like after 14 years of…
Read MoreFrom 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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