Egelstaff

THOUSANDS of people chanting my name, I had never felt anything like it, and I never will again. It was nine years ago when I competed in the Olympics and, as I think most Olympians will agree, it’s a unique experience.  I…

AFTER many moments of believing the Tokyo  Olympics would never happen, we have reached the final day. Never before has there been such negativity and pessimism ahead of a Games – and personally, I’ve never been so downbeat ahead of the…

The internal pressure coming from the athletes themselves and the external pressure coming from funders, sponsors and expectant fans; it is omnipresent.  The Olympics is, of course, the most pressurised environment of them all. …