Rebecca Romero, Neil Fachie, Lizzy Yarnold. Just a handful of examples with one thing in common - they all started out in another sport previous to their success in cycling and skeleton, respectively. Neil Fachie, a former track & field athlete, recently became double commonwealth champion in para-cycling, here in Glasgow. Lizzy Yarnold made the transformation from a heptathlete into an Olympic Gold medallist in Skeleton and Rebecca Romero enjoyed Olympic success as a Team GB rower before making the switch to track cycling, in which again, she excelled and became Olympic and World Champion. (more…)

This week Team Scotland weightlifter Louise Mather describes her journey to the Commonwealth Games which started as a passion for crossfit only a few years ago. (more…)