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July 26, 2004
pHD In The Olympics!
Yep! British oarswoman Sarah Winckless will be in Athens next month and she has a real chance for a medal.
Winckless will again compete in the double in Athens, this time with Elise Laverick. On the sidelines will sit her mother -- a reminder of what the future holds.
Winckless's mother was diagnosed with Huntington's disease in 1996 and her daughter took the test shortly after.
"I was very calm when I found out," Winckless said. "It was something mum had had diagnosed about six months earlier and I was fully prepared that the test could go either way.
"To be honest I've just got on with my life."...
Winckless says the fact she carries the gene does not affect her preparation for the Games but, with a Cambridge University degree and a marketing career, she has several other options to consider when she returns from Athens in September.
"I don't think anyone knows what the future holds," she said.
"I think the very nature of sport is you take it a year at a time and I don't think the fact that I've got the gene makes my goal-setting or my attitude any different from anyone else in the squad."
She sounds like an incredible woman. I'll be one person on this side of the 'pond' cheering for her!
Posted by Dave at July 26, 2004 10:26 PM
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