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Sophie Denis is a mutli-sport athlete and mountain climber based in New York City. An inspiring story, Sportsister’s Mountain Girl Blogger, Sophie Nicholson, jumped at the chance to hear all about it - climber to climber.

She's a double Olympian, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, Commonwealth Champion and has seven consecutive National Championships titles to her name. We caught up with Beth Tweddle to talk 2012 - with a few reader questions added in along the way.

Sportsister hears from 21 year old Freyja Prentice, one of GB's top talents in the sport of modern pentathlon, as she gears up for a big year of competition competing at senior level and hopefully at the Olympic Games. Name: Freyja Prentice Sport: Mod...

We ask four stars the same five questions. See what Katarina Johnson, Montell Douglas, Leah Crane and Jordanne Whiley have to say.

Despite showing early potential in swimming – 25 year old Kat Driscoll has gone on to become a two time British champion in trampolining and is currently first in the Women’s Individual TRA world rankings.

Can charity work make you a better athlete? Ex-pro golfer Betsy King certainly thinks so - with her charity work helping to keep everything in perspective...

When choosing a sport for its high risk factor, chances are you wouldn’t pick golf. But a new format aims to change all that. Cue PowerPlay Golf.

A game stereotyped with the view of old people chasing oddly shaped balls down a polished lawn was dying off in this country in the 90’s. The sport of lawn bowls was in urgent need of new blood and reformation.

Britain boasts a weightlifting team with great potential ahead of 2012, and while all eyes were on 'Britain's strongest schoolgirl' Zoe Smith last year in Delhi, Helen Jewell shows she is also one to watch.

As London Brawling prepare for their biggest bout yet, we caught up with London Rollergirl Jess Holland to tell us more about Roller Derby and why Anarchy in the UK is THE event to watch.