As some of you may be a little aware... my good friend of many, many years is competing in the 2012 London Olympics and I am beyond excited (can you tell?). I have been telling just about everyone... strangers on buses, trains and planes, people at work, hairdressers, postmen, people I meet at events, anyone who puts 2012 into a sentence I am proudly piping up that my friend is in "THE OLYMPICS".
Putting it just in a sentence
is making me brew up with complete happiness. Katie Skelton has not only been
an amazing friend but she is also an amazing role-model, she has dedicated near
to a decade (if not more) to her passion of Synchronised Swimming. Her dedication and
aspiration of her sport is truly awe inspiring. It puts my ‘drop out’ attitude
to my early years of gymnastics and trampolinng
club to shame.
Family and Friends show their support at Katie's pre-Olympic games send off!
She has
come an unbelievably long way with her sport and she has only had the
determination to succeed and reach her goal. From school days Katie would Swim
before school and after school and her schedule was so hectic – we always
laughed that teachers would remark that she was nearly falling asleep in the
dullest lessons, but boy could you blame her!
Trained at
Reading Royals, which is, where I first saw her perform at their annual
Christmas gala – she was absolutely incredible then so I know she will just
blow my mind when I see her perform in the Olympic Aquatic centre.
Katie at an awards ceremony with GB Synchro team mate Jenna Randall.
She has
competed at European and World Championships and now is set to compete at her
ultimate goal the London 2012 Olympics tomorrow on the greatest stage on earth.
I literally cannot wait to cheer her and the GB girls on in the team technical
event wave my Great Britain flag and experience a moment to cherish forever!
Words
really don’t do it justice to express how pleased I am of all that she has
achieved, she had to make big decisions to train for 4 years straight for the
Olympics which meant 10 hour days Mon-Sat dedicating her life to her art form.
She has been completely self motivated and watch her grow on her continuous
journey has been truly magical.
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Looking
back to primary school when we thought we “mapped” out our life – tragically we
would marry Michael Owen & David Beckham live in a large houses we cut out
from the property bit of the paper and would have a big families – yet who knew
that it would end up 15 years later with myself going to watch her at the
Olympic Games – beyond our wildest dreams!
Some of the Team GB girls in the Olympic Village with Bradley Wiggins
Kitted out: Adidas Take The Stage
Team GB Synchro with Sir Chris Hoy prior to the Opening Ceremony
How to get on TV at the Olympic Ceremony? - stand next to Tom Daley of course!
Featuring
on the front cover of Stylist Magazine and a Olympic stars editorial in Fabulous
magazine (to name but a few) team GB have been paramount in raising the profile
of Synchro in this country and it is only set to continue.
Google Doodle Synchronised Swimmers
The Duet –
Jenna randall and Olivia federici just showcased to the world their massive
improvement by being the first to qualify for the finals in over 20 years and
came an impressive and noteworthy 9th a great achievement from their
14th position at Beijing so watch out Rio team GB have arrived!
@SynchroKS @JennaRtweets @synchroD @KatieC_23 @Anya_Tarasiuk @AshaRandall @Olivia_Federici @VickiLucass @jknobbs @yvettebaker91 #teamGB
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To find out more about Synchronised Swimming and where you can take part in this wonderful sport please see: British Swimming
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