As it is international women’s day, I’m going to take you through who I believe are the biggest names in British women’s sport. Johanna Konta: Tennis is sport where we seem to be hit and miss. We will have a good run and then slip up, but Johanna Konta has been on a roll. Her […]
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Winter Olympics: Lizzie Yarnold leads Team GB at the Winter Olympics
Lizzie Yarnold carried the British Flag in Pyeongchang at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. She led all 58 British athletes around the stadium in South Korea, there were due to be 59 British athletes however Katie Ormerod misses out with a fractured heal. Embed from Getty Images Yarnold said when speaking to the BBC: […]
Lizzy Yarnold: Going for Gold
Former University of Gloucestershire student, Lizzy Yarnold is just over a week away from representing Team GB in the skeleton for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The 29-year old will hope to be the first British Winter Olympian to retain her title, after winning in Sochi in 2014 by 0.97 seconds. Yarnold made Olympic history after registering […]
Lizzy Yarnold puts the finishing touches to her Winter Olympics preparation
Lizzy Yarnold has the weight of a nation on her shoulders as Team GB’s biggest chance of a medal at next month’s Winter Olympics. The global event kicks off in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February 9th and Yarnold will be looking to replicate the gold medal she won in Sochi back in 2014. Yarnold, who is a […]