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Blog 82: Aimi Kenyon, her first season in The Downhill Mountainbike World Cup.

We have another of our new writers with us this week. We move up North, to Aberdeenshire, where Freya is from. Still at school, Freya has been involved in sports from a young age. She loves the outdoors and the opportunity to enjoy it, whilst growing up in rural Aberdeenshire. SW/S allows her to combine both her love of sports and writing to help make a positive difference in the world of women’s sport. In Lourdes, France, March 26-27th 2022, it’s the beginning of the 2022 UCI Downhill Mountainbike World Cup season. And the first season of racing for 16…
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May 31, 2022
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Blog 8: Glasgow 2014, Physiotherapy, post graduate study and beyond….

Hi, my name is Ellie Richardson, I am track sprint cyclist with the Scotland Team and I had the honour of riding at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome last month! Female participation in sport is something I am passionate about from both a sporting and professional perspective so I was delighted to be approached by Scottish Women In Sport and asked to share my sporting story. (more…)
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August 11, 2014
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Blog 6: week in the life of an amateur athlete and Power2Podium contender

Kimberly Murray is a full-time exercise physiologist for the SportScotland Institute of sport, who on top of a busy job competes in athletics over 200m, 400m and long jump. Despite maintaining her training schedule of 5-6 sessions a week, Kimberly is currently putting herself through the paces as a part of the UK sport talent ID process for Power2Podium; an initiative similar to Girls4Gold, which saw Lizzie Yarnold win gold at the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014. Kimberly will be non-stop treating athletes during the Commonwealth Games and as if this isn't all enough, she will be squeezing in a…
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July 27, 2014
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Blog 2: Rookie rider to Scottish Mountain Bike Cross Country Champ

Katie Carmichael is a Mountain Bike Cross Country Racer based in Edinburgh. At the age of 35 Katie is a late comer to the sport, only taking it up 5 years ago.  Below is a blog written by Katie sharing her journey through Mountain Biking which has seen her progress quickly in the sport and competing for XC Racer. If you would like to follow Katie as her race season continues you can find more of her blogs at http://www.xcracer.com (more…)
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June 8, 2014