APX News:
Black BMX Chick
Shanaze Reade
Training for the
2012 Olympics
Shanaze Reade is an amazing 23-year-old Black BMX chick from Great Britain. Shanaze (of Jamaican and Irish descent) is a triple UCI World Champion in BMX and Track and Field Cycling. She is now dedicating her full time to BMX as she prepares to compete in the 2012 Olympics, despite a prior shoulder injury making her unable to compete in the 2008 Olympics. Like many athletes who attribute overcoming personal issues through sports, Reade believes that BMX can be used as "way out" for youth, especially in urban areas.
The star athlete who prides herself on having the "Power of a Jamaican and the luck of the Irish" is also not afraid to go against the boys. She raced in the all male UK National Series and Dagenham British BMX Nationals.
Words by: Richie P.
Shanaze also has an online series featuring a look at her life and training for the upcoming 2012 Olympics. In this episode, Shanaze competes in a pre-qualifying event.
* Richie P's blog.
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The Ian Wooldridge Award:
Vote for your sporting hero
of 2008
Alan Fraser- Sports Feature Writer
‘Brilliant’, Woolers would have barked in the direction of the likes of Hoy, Adlington and Ainslie as the Union Flag was raised in Beijing and Qingdao.
But I fancy he would have saved his finest malt for an Olympian who did not win a medal. SHANAZE READE crashed three times during the BMX competition, most notably in the final when making a last-gasp effort for victory.
Shanaze Reade: Determined winner
>via: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1102398/The-Ian-Wooldrid...