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Motherhood and managing my Olympic dream

We catch up with triathlon gold medallist Jess Learmonth six months after becoming a mum, and with just four months to go to the Paris Olympic Games

Back in September, just days before she was due to give birth Sportshour's Shabnam Younus-Jewell spoke to one of the current triathlon team Olympic Champions, Jess Learmonth. She spoke about her concerns and hopes about becoming a first time mum and balancing her new responsibilities with a desire to defend the title she won in Tokyo by making Team GB and competing in Paris in just 4 months time. Well find out how it's all going!

From the chill of Iceland comes a story to warm your heart! Kari Vidarsson grew up in a small village on the island and watched as his father spearheaded and attempt to build a football pitch and get a team together to compete in the Icelandic FA Cup... It ended in a single 10-0 defeat away from home... 20 years passed and Kari decided he wanted to complete the journey and get a local team to play a home game in the village. A documentary "The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Game" which is being screened at the Glasgow Film Festival, followed Kari and the 350 others in his village as they came together and proved that with unity and a will to get things done, anything is possible!?

Photo: Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Jessica Learmonth and Jonathon Brownlee of Team Great Britain pose with their gold medals following the Mixed Relay Triathlon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Sat 2 Mar 2024 10:06GMT

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  • Sat 2 Mar 2024 10:06GMT

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