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23 Sep 14
08:32
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It's now over two years since the London Olympics and it's really about time that decisions were made. For my own sanity as much as anything else. I've discussed, listened, thought, considered. And still felt none the wiser. SO it's time to return to the boat and test the waters (literally). I've missed it, I love it, I want to see if I can be good at it again. No guarantees, no promises, but a start. Many people have said it's a risk, but in the words of Neil Simon the playwright 'If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor'.
So, the wraps are off Kath's decision to return to rowing.
On a 'Dad' level she is now one more athlete my daughter has to beat to get a place in a GB boat. But as a lover of sport, what an utterly inspiring woman (never mind sportswoman) and what a force to have around the squad once more!
The very best of luck to her.
So, the wraps are off Kath's decision to return to rowing.
On a 'Dad' level she is now one more athlete my daughter has to beat to get a place in a GB boat. But as a lover of sport, what an utterly inspiring woman (never mind sportswoman) and what a force to have around the squad once more!
The very best of luck to her.
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Isn't it time she started a family?
Grainger has an Honours law degree from Edinburgh University, a Master of Philosophy degree in Medical Law from Glasgow University and a PhD in Homicide from King's College London. Grainger has remarked "Without planning it both my Olympic career and my PhD have met at the same time and the culmination for both is 2012 – not by design." She took up Rowing at the University of Edinburgh in 1993 and was President of the Edinburgh University Boat Club in 1996/97. She was elected the Edinburgh University Sports Union's female athlete of the winner (Eva Bailey Cup) in 1995/96 and 1996/97 and was inducted to the University's Sports Hall of Fame on 29 May 2008. She was elected as Honorary President of the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association in November 2005, and a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta in 2008, only the third rower to be elected while still competing.[2] In the 2012 Olympic Games in London Grainger was crowned Olympic champion with a gold medal. In July 2008, Grainger appeared in the BBC Two cooking show Chinese Food Made Easy with Ching He Huang. In the show Ching taught her how to cook a healthy version of sweet and sour pork. The show attracted 2.9 million viewers at a share of 13% that night. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours On 3 August 2012 she finally got her Olympic gold medal at London in the double sculls with Anna Watkins. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[3][4] In March 2013, she became patron of the National Coastwatch Institution. On 23 July 2013, Ms. Grainger was awarded a PhD in Law from King's College London (KCL) and was subsequently made a fellow at the university. |
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It's about time she bought a new pair of jeans.
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saw her win her gold medal 2 years ago but must say i'm surprised she giving it another go
surely a real long shot to win gold in such a phsyically demanding sport at 40 and that's obviously all she's interested in |
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"and was subsequently made a fellow at the university"
 - At least he won't be up against RTB's youngling. |
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Well, yeah maf to a certain extent that's all anyone's interested in whose in the squad.
I think she's being pretty upfront in her press release when she says she wants to see if she can do it again and she misses the buzz of being around the squad. She will never replicate the high she got from winning an Olympic Gold in front of her home crowd, so something a bit more than crowd adulation is spurring her on. |
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sounds like even now she far from certain to make the starting line in rio but she wants to at least give it a try to see if she's still up to it
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Yeah that's the way I read it.
The other girls in the squad won't roll over and give her a free run at a place in a boat either but fair play to her for taking a swing. |