Urban mammoth Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 hi everyone, you may have seen it's my 21st birthday today but on a different matter..........at the start of this year I saw the BBC sporting giants campaign advertised on the news. This was a campaign for tall people (over 6"3') to be recognised for their raw sporting talents to be trained up to be olympic athletes in rowing, handball or volleyball for the London 2012 olympics. The applicants did not need any experience in any of the sports, just to have sporting potential.I went online and applied in march and in august I received a letter saying I was shortlisted to attend a screening trial at Gateshead International stadium for the sport of rowing.There were 2000 people nationwide attending the rowing trials at 5 locations (Nottingham, Manchester, Bath, Gateshead and Bisham Abbey) in September. It involved 3 hours of testing, including endurance, strength, posture, height, wingspan etc etc. and it was horrendously tough!! All these results were logged and analysed to see who had the best attributes and potential for progressing to the World Class start programme. This would involve being trained up to compete on a national and international stage with the long term aim of winning a medal in the 2012 Olympics. The 2000 was to be cut to 60 final athletes who would be asked to be part of the campaign.In october I received the news that I had been selected in the final 60 athletes, and my arm strength result was the best of all 2000 applicants!!!to say i was gobsmacked is an understatement!!anyways that was my little slice of good news cheersDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod Man Leo Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 yeah. What you want, a f**king medal? Thats decent news. nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Nice one dude well done!Hope you do really well, train hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 So your in the olympics?.... Clearly pro at life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban mammoth Posted November 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 (edited) cheers boysim not exactly in the olympics, i just get all the top training facilities/coaches/regimes etc etc to give me the best chance and to fast track me because i have the "optimum body type and athletic potential" which has been proven to produce olympic athletes.so basically if i work like shit then i have an excellent chance. Edited November 13, 2007 by Urban mammoth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Nice one mate!Not everyone's got back luck at the moment then - good luck with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Major congrats mate, good luck with being picked and winning us a gold medal in the olympics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Good luck mate! Hope you do very well. This will be such an experience, you lucky b*****d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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