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WHEN.Clitheroe’s Sa mantha Murray opens her eyes on Sunday, she will realise her lifetime’s ambition. The 22-year-old helps
1 ^1' TIME TO SHINE: Samantha Murray goes In the modern pentathlon
stay injuiy-free and focus on the task Tm doing.
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■ GB’s rowers have been a ma jor inspiration to him. Great Britain top the med
OLYMPIC medal hopeful Jon Schofield claims Team
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gest moment of my career,” he said. ‘.T think it will be the biggest moment for most of these athletes. I’ll never get
up with K2 200m partner Liam Heath for the heats to morrow, is ready to make an impression and add to that decorated haul. “This is absolutely the big
als board at London 2012, picking up four golds, two silvers and three bronze on Eton’s Lake Domey. And Schofield, who teariis
this opportunity again to per form at an Olympics in front of a home crowd. We’re mak ing history. I’m reaidy to grab the opportunity with both
hands and enjoy it at the same time. ,
of sport. We’ve been keep ing up to date with things on Twitter as well. They really have inspired us and every one that has competed so far
“We’ve been watching a lot
has been tucked away m Bar celona, fine-tuning prepara-
has shown us what is possible. They’ve led the way and tri umphed. They’ve set a stand ard that we want to join.” The Sawley canoe sprinter
tions on the Lake of Banyoles - the venue for the 1992 sum mer Games. And Schofield admits the experience has made the pair realise the permanence of what they’re about to achieve. “It’s been fantastic,” said Schofield. “The set-up in Bar
while we were stationed in^ Barcelona makes you realise how permanent everything is.-; -
celona was amazing; We’ve been training and preparing on the 1992 summer Olympic course. It gave us the chance to look, at ourselves so we could focus on doing the last bits ofwdrkperfectly. “Just taking everything in _
thinking about our first stroke and nothing beyond that. It will be a privilege to race in front of a home crowd and to
be.able to realise one of my
scheduled to start at 10-47 a.m. and,' should everything go to pilan, the pair will com pete in the finals at 10-41 a.m. on Saturday.
dreams will be a great lifetime achievement.” - Tomorrow’s h ea ts are
be a part of it.” : He added: “We will just be
Like the venue in Barcelona, 20 years from now Eton Dor- ney will still be an Olympic course. “It’s permanent and we’ll
somewhat bleary-eyed when she peels back the bed cov ers on Sunday, she will take on'a title no-one can ever take away from her: “When 1 wake up on Sunday and do the competition, then I be come an Olympian. “Until then, I just have to
freespfle swim at 12-35 p.m., the riding - over a 12-jump course - at 2-35 p.m., before the run/shoot combined event at 6 p.m. But while she may be
start, as the former Bowland High School pupil competes in the first discpline, fencing, at 8 a.m. Then follows the 200m
bring the curtain down on London 2012, competing for the final med^s to tje award ed in the modem pentathlon at Greenwich Park. And it will be an early
by Chris Boden
training towards becoming what I hope to be.
■ it’s like.” Murray has enjoyed a re
the performance of her life to finish third behind team mate Mhairi Spence at the World Championships in Rome in May, taking a bronze medal to seal a place on Team GB ahead of 2008
Olympic silver-medallist Heather Fell.
just got better and better, finishing sixth and fourth,' before claiming a bronze medal in Russia. That was backed up by
ranked 78th in the world, ' but in the World Cup series
markable year in the sport, having taken time out from the Great Britain squad last year, while experiencing six months on a study place ment in Paris as part of her French and Politics degree at theUm'versity of Bath. She began Olympic year
“Ask me after Sunday and I ’ll be able to tell you what
“I’m still in the process of
a home crowd behind us though, I ’ve got tickets for my family, and that should give me the surge to push on when I need it.”
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vantage, and a vociferous home support, will spur her on to similar feats on Sun day: “’Hie World Champion ships is arguably a stronger competition than the Oljm- pics, but even so, you never know what will happen in competition, and all the big names will be there. “We’re going to have
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