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    Sportsister catches up with Alex DansonSportsister catches up with Alex Danson

    By Sophia Smith | Published: 22.08.12

    Sportsister caught up with GB women’s hockey player Alex Danson to find out how life’s been going for her since she became an Olympic bronze medallist.

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    Sportsister catches up with Judith HamerSportsister catches up with Judith Hamer

    By JessicaW | Published: 18.08.12

    Wheelchair basketball star Judith Hamer anticipates great things for her sport and she can’t wait to perform on a global stage at the London 2012 Paralympics to show it off.

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    KarenDarkeKaren Darke ready for her next adventure, London 2012

    By Sophia Smith | Published: 16.08.12

    In 1993, aged just 21, keen climber and runner Karen Darke fell ten metres off a cliff, leaving her paralysed from the chest down… later that year, she completed the Great North Run.

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    Sportsister catches up with Chrissie WellingtonSportsister catches up with Chrissie Wellington

    By JessicaW | Published: 09.08.12

    With the eyes of the world on sport in Britain at the moment, we caught up with one of Britain’s most impressive athletes, the four-time World Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington. She tells us what she’s doing with her year off and discusses whether inclusion of the Ironman distance triathlon is ever going to be likely for the future.

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    Laura Trott: Emerging from the shadowsLaura Trott: Emerging from the shadows

    By Danielle Sellwood | Published: 04.08.12

    Four years ago, when watching the Beijing Olympics at home, cyclist Laura Trott never imagined that come London it would be her name on the team sheet. Then, aged just sixteen, London wasn’t even a dream, and it was Rio 2016 she had her sights on. Sportsister’s Louise Hudson caught up with her to find [...]

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    London 2012: Libby Clegg’s Paralympic plans on trackLondon 2012: Libby Clegg’s Paralympic plans on track

    By JessicaW | Published: 23.07.12

    Paralympic silver medallist Libby Clegg has told Sportsister she’s feeling confident ahead of the Games, with recent results giving her a welcome boost.

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    Sportsister meets Squash FalconerSportsister meets Squash Falconer

    By lflint | Published: 05.07.12

    Adventurer and mountaineer, Squash Falconer is officially the world’s highest ever bum boarder!

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    Talking 2012 with Louise HazelTalking 2012 with Louise Hazel

    By JessicaW | Published: 07.06.12

    Vogue, Jonathan Ross, nail varnish and some heptathlon chat thrown in for good measure. Just a standard catch up with Commonwealth champion Louise Hazel then.

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    Rebecca Romero talks IronmanRebecca Romero talks Ironman

    By JessicaW | Published: 31.05.12

    So you’re an Olympic silver medallist and World Champion in the sport of rowing, then decide to take up cycling to become double World Champion and Olympic Champion. Then what?

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    lisaSpotlight on London 2012: Lisa Dobriskey

    By JessicaW | Published: 31.05.12

    Name: Lisa Dobriskey
    Sport: Middle-distance runner
    Date of birth: 23/12/83

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