:00:15. > :00:17.This is the Olympic Park in Stratford, where thousands of
:00:17. > :00:21.athletes will be competing in the 30th modern Olympic Games. Tonight
:00:21. > :00:29.we're going to introduce you to six of them, all from the South East,
:00:29. > :00:35.all hoping to make Britain proud. The dream is the gold medal,
:00:35. > :00:45.winning the gold. It would be nice for me to come from where I have
:00:45. > :00:50.come. Whoever comes the highest place get to go to the Olympics.
:00:50. > :00:56.is between the two of you. This is where I feel it is my second chance.
:00:56. > :01:00.My children are very young, only five and seven. I am missing out on
:01:00. > :01:10.time in their lives. You are a decathlete, 10 events, you must be
:01:10. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:41.That is pretty much it, it is as simple as everyone imagines, I
:01:41. > :01:44.think. First up, Ashley Jackson he was a
:01:44. > :01:47.hockey superstar as a Kent schoolboy and his goal-scoring
:01:47. > :01:57.talent has made him one of the most crucial members of the Great
:01:57. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:32.Britain side. But is it enough to Most athletes dream of the Olympics.
:02:32. > :02:40.An Olympic athlete dreams of medals. And if you are a four-wood for the
:02:40. > :02:47.GB hockey team, that means just one thing. You have to score goals.
:02:47. > :02:51.That is exactly what Ashley Jackson dreams of. And the dream is the
:02:51. > :02:56.gold medal, the winning gold. I am not sure whether it is winning gold,
:02:56. > :03:02.or just an absolute rout and we destroy whoever we are playing in
:03:02. > :03:06.the final. I haven't quite made my mind up, I have been playing a few
:03:06. > :03:11.scenarios over and over again. It is as simple as everyone imagines,
:03:11. > :03:16.I think. It is a simple dream but one that Ashley, from West Malling
:03:16. > :03:20.in Kent, could not have pursued without his father. At an early age
:03:20. > :03:24.he spotted Ashley's sporting potential, first in ice hockey and
:03:24. > :03:27.then field hockey. He encouraged his son and watched him emerge as
:03:27. > :03:31.an accomplished player at Sutton Vallence School near Maidstone. But
:03:31. > :03:36.it was aged 13 that his father would take the gamble that would
:03:36. > :03:40.change Ashley's life. He decided his son should join division to
:03:40. > :03:43.East Grinstead, instead of Premiership Canterbury. It is down
:03:43. > :03:47.to my father, he decided this was probably the best option and he
:03:47. > :03:50.could not have planned it any better. I came here in a slightly
:03:50. > :03:54.lower league but played hockey and developed faster than I would have
:03:54. > :04:00.done at a Premier League side. Everything has gone pretty much as
:04:00. > :04:04.smoothly and as perfect as you could imagine. The team soon
:04:04. > :04:08.graduated to the Premiership, and went on to take medal after medal.
:04:08. > :04:12.Ashley then joined the Great Britain team. In 2010 he was named
:04:12. > :04:17.best junior player in the world. The Great Britain coach, Jason Lee,
:04:17. > :04:21.will tell you why. Ashley's commitment to the game, his will
:04:21. > :04:31.and drive to win, is really significant. It drives the rest of
:04:31. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:37.the players in training as well as the matches. It is quite a rare
:04:37. > :04:45.ability. He loves the pressure, which is again quite unusual.
:04:45. > :04:49.bigger the game, the more he is willing to put himself out there.
:04:49. > :04:53.And that is not common at all and it makes a real difference for us.
:04:53. > :04:56.But can it make a big enough difference to take gold at the
:04:56. > :05:04.Olympics? At the last big tournament before the Games, the
:05:04. > :05:09.Champions Trophy in New Zealand, GB lost 4-1 to Australia and eight one
:05:09. > :05:19.to Spain. Ashley failed to score a single goal, although he would not
:05:19. > :05:20.
:05:20. > :05:25.There is going to be more and more pressure for me to produce, but it
:05:25. > :05:30.is what you play for. The sort of pressure that you like to have.
:05:30. > :05:33.GB team have won and Olympic gold, in Seoul in 1988. Although Ashley
:05:34. > :05:39.tends not to dwell on the fact, there is no doubt it is part of the
:05:39. > :05:45.drive behind his dream of a gold medal of his own. We want to be the
:05:45. > :05:53.new guys, to take over from the guys who won it in 88. It is about
:05:53. > :05:57.So, for Ashley Jackson and the Great Britain hockey team, success
:05:57. > :06:00.or failure will be decided here at the Olympic Park. But for our next
:06:00. > :06:10.athlete, the pursuit of glory will take place 200 miles away, off the
:06:10. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:29.coast of Weymouth. -- 120 miles It is a really unique feeling, when
:06:29. > :06:38.you are leading the fleet around the course. You look ahead of you
:06:38. > :06:43.and there is just clear water. Bryony Shaw, Britain's top windsurf
:06:43. > :06:49.and lucky enough to be training on the very water where the Olympic
:06:49. > :06:55.event will be held. Weymouth is an extremely good sailing venue. It is
:06:55. > :06:58.not a specialist venue, you have to be a very good all-round sailor.
:06:58. > :07:01.From the sea currents to wind conditions and the size of the
:07:01. > :07:08.waves on any given day, Bryony has come from her Tunbridge Wells home
:07:08. > :07:12.to build what is likely to be vital knowledge. Training here, and
:07:12. > :07:17.getting all that may new experience, and ultimately going as fast as you
:07:17. > :07:20.can on Weymouth waters is ultimately critical. Bryony will be
:07:20. > :07:24.relying on her physical stamina and technical skill to create that
:07:24. > :07:28.speed, no more than when she is pumping, the technique of banning
:07:28. > :07:34.the sale in order to accelerate the board. You are doing high
:07:34. > :07:39.repetitions and pulling it towards you, in a sort of rapid movement. A
:07:39. > :07:43.wholesale kind of flicks like a bird's wing. -- the whole sail kind
:07:43. > :07:46.of flicks. I have to be a good endurance athlete to get that
:07:46. > :07:51.acceleration, and then the endurance to last 30 minutes
:07:51. > :07:54.through the race. But at the Beijing Olympics four years ago,
:07:54. > :07:58.Bryony proved she had no end of endurance and strength of mind.
:07:58. > :08:01.After a difficult start that saw had disqualified from one of the
:08:01. > :08:08.races for starting too early, she went on to eventually take the
:08:08. > :08:13.bronze medal. And if you saw that final race, you will probably
:08:13. > :08:18.remember her reaction. I am just so happy! Thank you so much for
:08:18. > :08:23.supporting me. It was such a hard race, I have had such a hard week
:08:23. > :08:28.and I am so happy! It is the best thing in the world! This time
:08:28. > :08:33.around, you are unlikely to see any tears of joy, unless Brioni takes
:08:33. > :08:38.gold. Looking back on it, I feel like I had the opportunity to win,
:08:39. > :08:47.and it was disappointing I did not get the gold medal. So this is
:08:47. > :08:50.where I really feel it is my second chance, here in Weymouth. Bryony's
:08:50. > :08:54.recent performances indicate she could achieve that dream, a dream
:08:54. > :09:04.she will know is within grasp when all she can see ahead is the
:09:04. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:10.Bryony Shaw - definitely one for you to watch at London 2012. Coming
:09:10. > :09:13.Former Olympic javelin thrower, Steve Backley, turns coach to one
:09:13. > :09:16.of our decathlon hopefuls. And we meet Sophia Warner, who
:09:16. > :09:20.balances cerebal palsy with a family and a Paralympic training
:09:20. > :09:25.schedule. But first, here's three more
:09:25. > :09:27.athletes to keep an eye out for at London 2012.
:09:27. > :09:31.Kent 1,500 metres runner, Lisa Dobriskey - who narrowly missed out
:09:31. > :09:35.on a medal in Beijing - is aiming to put a dreadful run of injuries
:09:35. > :09:39.behind her this year. The 28-year- old from Ashford had surgery at the
:09:39. > :09:43.end of 2011 on a hip condition that normally affects ballet dancers.
:09:43. > :09:45.She expects to return to competition in April.
:09:45. > :09:48.Paralympian table tennis player, Will Bayley, from Tunbridge Wells,
:09:48. > :09:53.is hoping the experience of his first Olympics in Beijing will help
:09:53. > :09:57.him win a medal this summer. Bayley has a congenital muscular disorder
:09:57. > :10:00.that affects his limbs and is the current world number two.
:10:00. > :10:05.And there's no doubt 2012 will be the biggest year of rower Dan
:10:05. > :10:08.Ritchie's life. The 25-year-old from Herne Bay, who won a World
:10:08. > :10:13.Championship silver last year, is going for gold in London and then
:10:13. > :10:16.gets married after the Games. Traditionally it's the track and
:10:16. > :10:19.field events that grab the big headlines, and our next competitor
:10:19. > :10:24.did just that when he came from nowhere to bag a Bronze medal at
:10:24. > :10:27.the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010. Now he's eyeing qualification
:10:27. > :10:37.for London 2012, and so we sent former Olympic Javelin thrower,
:10:37. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:47.Steve Backley, along to give him For most athletes, their job is to
:10:47. > :10:57.master one event. For decathlete Martin Brockman, it is his job to
:10:57. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:02.From the high jump to the 1500 metres, he knows if he is to stand
:11:02. > :11:06.any chance of qualifying for the Olympics, he needs to be at his
:11:06. > :11:10.best in all of them. Like any athlete, he has his strengths and
:11:10. > :11:15.his weaknesses. The javelin needs a bit of work, which is why I am here.
:11:15. > :11:19.There is one question I have got to ask. As a guy who threw javelins,
:11:19. > :11:24.it was all I did. You are a decathlete, 10 events, you must be
:11:24. > :11:29.mad. It is a silly idea. I used to do just high-jump. I was quite a
:11:29. > :11:35.good high jumper, but I got bored. I started playing around with high
:11:35. > :11:40.jumps -- with pole vaults and curdles. -- and hurdles. My coach
:11:40. > :11:43.said, why don't you learn to throw at you can be a good decathlete. I
:11:43. > :11:48.am still learning to throw, but it is going well so far so I have
:11:48. > :11:52.stuck with it. But it is not quite going well enough. The Maidstone
:11:52. > :11:58.lad's personal best throw is 54 metres, but he really needs to
:11:58. > :12:02.regularly be hitting the 60 metres mark. I took part in two -- four
:12:02. > :12:10.Olympic Games, winning two silvers and a bronze, and I am hoping to
:12:10. > :12:14.pass on experience. First I have to establish what the problem is.
:12:14. > :12:23.do you think are your strengths and weaknesses? I have quite a strong
:12:23. > :12:31.arm. You can throw a stone a long way? I can, but I can't quite put a
:12:31. > :12:37.javelin on a point for the so you can't line it up?
:12:37. > :12:42.No, it always dies out. OK, we can work on that, it is quite an easy
:12:42. > :12:49.fix, actually. We now know what we need to work on. Let's start with
:12:49. > :12:51.some introductions. This is Martin, be nice to each other. I don't
:12:51. > :12:55.think Martin would consider the javelin to be his friend, but he
:12:55. > :13:00.knows he needs to master it. Throwing one is as much about
:13:00. > :13:05.technique as strength and that is what I will focus on. No, that is
:13:05. > :13:10.all right. You looked like you have got a tendency to go up here, and
:13:10. > :13:17.that is what will kill you off on the run up. The hand is nice and
:13:17. > :13:21.high, and all you do is you whack the side as hard as you can.
:13:21. > :13:24.Obviously, it is a bit more complicated than that, but Martin
:13:24. > :13:29.has a lot of knowledge and is an accomplished sportsman. At the,
:13:29. > :13:35.moth Games in Delhi two years ago, he turned up as a rank outsider and
:13:35. > :13:38.walked away with a bronze medal -- at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
:13:38. > :13:42.It poses different challenges to one event. Not only is it
:13:42. > :13:47.physically exhausting, you have the mental exhaustion of trying to keep
:13:47. > :13:50.mentally prepared for two days. It is not easy to do. You also have
:13:51. > :13:54.one event that could go well, one could go badly and it is that
:13:54. > :14:00.ability to pick yourself up after the bad events that make a really
:14:00. > :14:04.good decathlete. That is all about mental strength and as the day goes
:14:04. > :14:08.on, I see that Martin has plenty of it. There is a lot to learn and or
:14:08. > :14:11.training session is tough, but throughout he remains positive. It
:14:11. > :14:17.is not easy mastering one sport, let alone 10, so making every
:14:17. > :14:21.second count in training is vital to Martin's success. After a few
:14:21. > :14:25.hours, he really does seem to be improving and I think we have made
:14:25. > :14:31.real progress. My stride, it good shapes, that is all you're looking
:14:31. > :14:34.for at this time of year. -- nice stride. You are a tall lad and you
:14:34. > :14:39.are using the long levers to good effect. The next thing is to
:14:39. > :14:49.increase the speed as the winter goes by, and maintain that shape
:14:49. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :14:57.and you'll get more distant. Good Steve Backley, with that report.
:14:57. > :15:01.One of the big stars of the Paralympics is sprinter Sophia
:15:01. > :15:03.Warner, who has cerebal palsy. But how do you juggle a disability with
:15:03. > :15:13.Paralympic training and two young children. Steven George went to
:15:13. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:29.Hi. I have made special cheesy It is teatime at the Warner family
:15:29. > :15:33.home in Crawley, and mum has cut. Despite appearances, this is a far
:15:33. > :15:37.from ordinary scene. Mum is a Paralympian, Dad has given up work
:15:37. > :15:43.to look after the kids and this is the first Neil Sophia Warner has
:15:43. > :15:48.cut in quite a while. -- the first meal. I think it is the first time
:15:48. > :15:52.I have made tea in a few months and I have made cheese on toast, and it
:15:52. > :15:57.is quite impressive! Not as impressive as the juggling act that
:15:57. > :16:00.this family performs every day, to ensure that Sophia, whose condition
:16:00. > :16:04.restricts the use of her left arm and leg, can prepare properly for
:16:04. > :16:08.the Paralympic Games. As people like to imagine that I trained
:16:08. > :16:12.full-time and I am a full-time mum, I train full-time and Hayden is a
:16:12. > :16:15.full-time parent. We try to maintain as normal a life as we can
:16:15. > :16:21.for the children, whilst I am out there trying to live my dream,
:16:22. > :16:27.really. And that dream is to run fast enough to win a medal at
:16:28. > :16:32.either the 100, or 200 metres. But it won't be easy. Whilst Sofia may
:16:32. > :16:37.be home to serve up cheesy taste for tea, the rest of their date has
:16:37. > :16:47.been a far cry for that of most other mothers. -- the rest of her
:16:47. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :16:56.At the moment, I am spending a lot of time training, an enormous
:16:56. > :17:01.amount of time. I am talking six or seven hours a day. And at least
:17:01. > :17:05.half of that training is aimed at overcoming cerebral palsy, which
:17:05. > :17:09.affects Sophia's ability to send messages from a brain to her
:17:09. > :17:15.muscles. The fact she can run at all is an achievement in itself.
:17:15. > :17:19.Yes delay -- yesterday, I opt for the first time without holding on,
:17:19. > :17:25.which is ludicrous and I felt like I should have my parents there to
:17:25. > :17:30.witness it. -- I opt for the first time. I don't know how I did it. I
:17:30. > :17:35.have always tried to hop. We put some processes in place and they
:17:35. > :17:40.have been gradually building up to me a hopping. Yesterday, I just
:17:40. > :17:44.hope. That achievement was down to hard work, and today, that
:17:44. > :17:49.continues. Hours are spent in the gym, lifting weights to increase
:17:49. > :17:54.strength and therefore speed. Every hour means sacrifice. But will it
:17:54. > :17:57.be worth it? Her husband, Hayden, certainly hopes so. To give Sophia
:17:57. > :18:04.the time she needs to succeed, he has also given up work to be a
:18:04. > :18:08.full-time parent. I help out with the kids, take them to school, do
:18:08. > :18:14.the drop-offs and pick ups. I generally just help out around the
:18:14. > :18:21.house. Before, when I was working, it was a lot more difficult. Now we
:18:21. > :18:28.can get by. We are totally committed to 2012. Does Hayden have
:18:28. > :18:33.an Olympic dream of his own? I hope that she is happy at the end of it,
:18:33. > :18:39.really. And she gains what she wants to out of it. Obviously, a
:18:39. > :18:47.medal would be nice. And, yeah, I hope that the doors open and other
:18:47. > :18:51.possibilities could come along. All in all, I just hope she is happy.
:18:51. > :18:56.Back at home, after a day spent on the track and Jim, Sophia doesn't
:18:56. > :19:01.have to look far to find happiness. Despite the challenges of juggling
:19:01. > :19:05.family life and her Olympic dreams, she would not have it any other way.
:19:05. > :19:09.Definitely not. It would not be so fun doing it without them, because
:19:09. > :19:12.at the end of the day, we are all kind of benefiting and enjoying the
:19:12. > :19:17.whole experience for different reasons. It would not be the same
:19:17. > :19:25.if I was on my own. Steven George, with that report.
:19:25. > :19:27.Coming up: Showjumper, Guy Williams, takes us
:19:27. > :19:32.around the ring at his Canterbury stables.
:19:32. > :19:34.And I meet the girl with the golden gun - Charlotte Kerwood.
:19:34. > :19:36.But first, here's another three athletes with Olympic dreams of
:19:36. > :19:39.their own. 400 metres hurdler, Jack Green,
:19:39. > :19:41.from Kent, has high hopes of making the Olympic final in July after
:19:41. > :19:45.impressing at the 2011 World Championships. The 20-year-old from
:19:45. > :19:48.Snodland is the best in Britain for his age.
:19:48. > :19:53.Ben Quilter is the current World and European visually impaired judo
:19:53. > :19:55.champion, having won the latter title at Crawley's K2 last November.
:19:55. > :20:00.The 30-year-old from Brighton trains at the British judo centre
:20:01. > :20:04.in Dartford and is a hot favourite for Paralympic gold.
:20:04. > :20:08.Look out for Billy Whenman from Gravesend. He's been riding
:20:08. > :20:11.mountain bikes since the age of nine. He burst onto the scene two
:20:11. > :20:16.years ago when he won the final stage of the Mountain Bike Tour de
:20:16. > :20:19.France, and is currently ranked second in the UK.
:20:19. > :20:22.Now, it's hard enough for an Olympian to rely on themselves to
:20:22. > :20:32.deliver the performance they need on the big day. But what if your
:20:32. > :20:39.
:20:40. > :20:43.gold medal chances are largely determined by an animal?
:20:43. > :20:48.He Guy Williams faces a unique challenge as he prepares for the
:20:48. > :20:52.Olympics. His dream of taking part rests not just on himself but on
:20:52. > :20:56.the horses he rides. If the Games are to feature in Guy Williams'
:20:57. > :20:59.yeah, he is not the only athlete who will need to be on form.
:21:00. > :21:04.horse needs to be totally focused on what he is doing. He is an
:21:04. > :21:08.athlete and he has to be treated like one. At his stables near
:21:08. > :21:12.Canterbury, Guy is hard at work with these animals, honing the
:21:12. > :21:16.talent in the hope they would lead him to the Olympics. It is a hard,
:21:16. > :21:21.complex task. On the good days, when success is in the air, he and
:21:21. > :21:27.his horses can sense it. They know when they are going good and when
:21:27. > :21:32.they are not going so well. Horses have to peak at the right time, and
:21:32. > :21:37.it is quite complicated. As a rider, you know what you are doing and if
:21:37. > :21:40.your horse feels good when you get on it. You should do, anyway.
:21:40. > :21:46.Equestrianism is one of the biggest ports in the Olympics, and London
:21:46. > :21:52.2012 would be Guy's first games. Chances are high he would be taking
:21:52. > :21:55.part. After a 23 year career in -- as a showjumper, he is number one
:21:55. > :22:00.in the country. It is not just riding that he is talented at. One
:22:00. > :22:03.of the greatest skills is putting together the right team of horses
:22:03. > :22:08.and managing them throughout the year, in an attempt to stack the
:22:09. > :22:14.odds in their favour. You are relying on an animal for a start,
:22:14. > :22:19.he can get ill and become lane -- Lane more or anything for to be
:22:19. > :22:24.after I have back-up plans and plan the course you are going to take.
:22:24. > :22:29.We go slowly, we go each month, we are just tweaking it, moving it
:22:29. > :22:33.about a bit, shuffling it about to get the right result for July.
:22:33. > :22:37.you can tell, Guide Me believes that whilst the horses obviously
:22:37. > :22:46.play their part, success or failure rests on their shoulders -- Guide
:22:46. > :22:50.You are there to do your job and focus on getting the horse do the
:22:50. > :22:55.best of his ability, making improve through the months to not go wrong.
:22:55. > :23:00.The pressure is on you and not the cause. Hopefully he should be
:23:00. > :23:04.steered and jump some clear rounds. -- and not the horse. And there is
:23:04. > :23:09.another side to this story. Showjumping is perceived by many to
:23:09. > :23:12.be an elite sport, something enjoyed by the wealthy. For Guy,
:23:12. > :23:17.who comes from a working-class background, Olympic success would
:23:17. > :23:20.taste even more sweet. It would be nice, for me to come from where I
:23:20. > :23:26.have come and to reach that bit in the sport, it would be really good.
:23:26. > :23:36.It would be an amazing achievement. But it is a long way to go yet. I
:23:36. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:44.Finally tonight, a cautionary tale for all our competitors - previous
:23:44. > :23:49.sporting success in big events is not always a guarantee of a seat on
:23:49. > :23:52.the team GB bus. Sussex shooter, Charlotte Kerwood, has two
:23:52. > :24:02.Commonwealth Games gold medals to her name but still doesn't know if
:24:02. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:17.she'll make it to London 2012. -- 3 She is the UK's number-one trap
:24:17. > :24:20.shooter, she took part in the 2008 Games in Beijing and she has won 3
:24:20. > :24:23.Commonwealth Games gold medals. Yet competition for the one shooting
:24:23. > :24:28.plays is so tight that for Charlotte Kerwood to fulfil her
:24:28. > :24:32.Olympic dream, she is again going to have to prove she can hold her
:24:32. > :24:36.nerve and her aim, when the pressure is on. I have managed to
:24:36. > :24:40.make the shortlist. At the moment there is only me and one other lady
:24:40. > :24:45.on the shortlist. We are going to America in March for a World Cup,
:24:45. > :24:50.and also to London for a World Cup. They have said that whoever comes
:24:50. > :24:56.highest gets to go to the Olympics. You know that it is a shoot off
:24:56. > :24:59.between the two? Pretty much. is just one challenge that the 25-
:24:59. > :25:03.year-old from fledging in East Sussex has to contend with. The
:25:03. > :25:06.sport is also one of the most expensive to pursue. It is a very
:25:06. > :25:14.expensive sport, if you want to do it at the top level. Guns are not
:25:14. > :25:18.cheap, cartridges are not -- are quite expensive. Her cartridges
:25:18. > :25:23.cost as �6,000 a year, and buying her a gun costs about a grand more.
:25:23. > :25:27.Then there is the travel involved. We have four World Cups a year, all
:25:27. > :25:31.over the world. We have the world championships and the Europeans.
:25:31. > :25:35.You are going abroad at least six times every year to compete, it can
:25:35. > :25:40.get quite expensive. Right now, Charlotte is lottery-funded, but it
:25:40. > :25:44.hasn't always been this way. After a poor performance in Beijing in
:25:44. > :25:48.2008, she was dropped from that funding programme. After Beijing, I
:25:48. > :25:53.was taken off the programme, just because there were such big cuts
:25:53. > :25:57.and I didn't really perform that year. 2009 was very expensive.
:25:57. > :26:00.happens when the money disappears? In the case of Charlotte,
:26:00. > :26:05.continuing to pursue her Olympic dream would not have been possible
:26:05. > :26:08.without this man. Her supportive and rather generous father, Dan.
:26:08. > :26:12.get to her level, we are probably looking at something in the region
:26:12. > :26:17.of 15,000 a year, with the travelling abroad. It can be quite
:26:17. > :26:22.a drain on the funds. But there is no question it has been worth every
:26:22. > :26:27.penny. When you see any child doing well, whether it is academic day or
:26:27. > :26:33.in sport, you have got to give them every chance you can. Charlotte did
:26:33. > :26:37.so well that we have forgone a few holidays, or some luxuries, but to
:26:37. > :26:42.see her at the podium and the national anthem being played --
:26:42. > :26:46.played, that is payment in full back. With financial worries and
:26:46. > :26:50.the pressure of knowing she has got to outperform a GB rival, it is
:26:50. > :26:53.fair to say that Charlotte has a lot to contend with. Then there is
:26:53. > :26:57.just the small task of hitting a piece of play travelling at high
:26:57. > :27:01.speed. You don't know which direction it will go in, it can be
:27:01. > :27:07.a 45 degree angle left or right, it can be a straight target. It comes
:27:07. > :27:12.out at about 60 mph, travelling 75 metres. You haven't got long?
:27:12. > :27:15.long at all. No one ever said chasing Olympic dreams was easy.
:27:15. > :27:19.Like all of our Olympic hopefuls, Charlotte will need everything she
:27:19. > :27:23.has got to get to the Games, and perhaps a little more to win gold.
:27:23. > :27:33.Like any good athlete knows, if you want to succeed, you have got to
:27:33. > :27:41.
:27:41. > :27:44.You can follow the progress of all the athletes you've seen tonight by
:27:44. > :27:51.logging onto our local Kent or Sussex websites. Also coming up on
:27:51. > :27:55.British Olympic Dreams returns to your screens this coming Saturday
:27:55. > :27:58.with a Winter Youth Olympic Games special. It's on BBC One at 1:00pm.
:27:58. > :28:04.And the programme is back in February with more behind-the-
:28:04. > :28:08.scenes access to Britain's Olympic There's just over six months left
:28:08. > :28:10.before the Olympic flame is lit and the Games begin. Between now and