Episode 11

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:00:15. > :00:19.long and hard. But it is the people around an athlete that can make the

:00:20. > :00:23.journey easier. Coaches, team-mates, family and friends. Their support is

:00:24. > :00:26.crucial when things get tough. It can be the difference between

:00:27. > :00:31.success and failure. Giving up, or carrying on. With less than 50 days

:00:32. > :00:35.to go before the start of the carrying on. With less than 50 days

:00:36. > :00:39.to go before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, in today's show we are

:00:40. > :00:46.going to meet three sports people for whom their relationships have

:00:47. > :00:50.been key to their sporting success. I have come to Bisham Abbey, to meet

:00:51. > :00:54.England hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh, who is hoping to

:00:55. > :00:58.lead her team mates to gold this summer. And to learn more about the

:00:59. > :01:01.special bond within the squad. Katherine Grainger is in Denmark

:01:02. > :01:06.with cyclist Jonny Bellis, to hear how his friends and family helped

:01:07. > :01:09.him on the road to recovery after a serious motorbike accident. Ore

:01:10. > :01:13.Oduba it with a group of young Welsh boxers aiming to take centre stage

:01:14. > :01:18.in Glasgow, as they go back to where it all began. And if you have been

:01:19. > :01:22.inspired to try a new sport like cycling, boxing or hockey, there are

:01:23. > :01:29.details on our website of clubs near you. Kate Richardson-Walsh has been

:01:30. > :01:33.England's hockey captain for over a decade. She has competed in three

:01:34. > :01:37.Olympic Games and this summer in Glasgow will be her fourth

:01:38. > :01:40.Commonwealth Games, with a career spanning that long she has picked up

:01:41. > :01:46.many trophies and medals along the way. A career high, that bronze in

:01:47. > :01:57.London in 2012, but the gold, well, that has eluded her up until now.

:01:58. > :02:01.Hi, how are you? Lovely to see you. Come through. This is our training

:02:02. > :02:10.centre. It is very posh here, isn't it? Can you believe that we are

:02:11. > :02:16.coming up to almost two years since London? And the Commonwealth Games,

:02:17. > :02:20.which seemed an age away. I can't, I have to pinch myself. I go into

:02:21. > :02:24.schools and talk and put up a video clip from 2012 and think, Kate, get

:02:25. > :02:30.over it, it is two years ago, move on. I can't believe it, it has gone

:02:31. > :02:34.so quickly. That was an oration at -- that year was an emotional

:02:35. > :02:40.roller-coaster, wasn't it? Talk us through the build-up to London. You

:02:41. > :02:44.have the extra pressure of competing in a home games. We had built up

:02:45. > :02:48.ourselves into a position where we were medal contenders and it is the

:02:49. > :02:50.knowledge of having to do that consistently over a two week

:02:51. > :02:58.period, seven games, it can be daunting.

:02:59. > :03:04.COMMENTATOR: Ouch. That is not good. When you

:03:05. > :03:09.took the stick, the pain must have been immediate. You must have known

:03:10. > :03:13.straightaway this is serious, not just severe bruising? I can't

:03:14. > :03:16.straightaway this is serious, not remember feeling pain, I got cramp,

:03:17. > :03:20.it must have been shock. I remember handling my leg but straightaway my

:03:21. > :03:25.teeth were in the middle of my mouth and I knew you have done it this

:03:26. > :03:32.time. They rushed me to hospital. I had scans and tests. I had fractured

:03:33. > :03:37.my jaw, all the way. My surgeon said, I can fix this, I have seen

:03:38. > :03:41.plenty of these and we can patch it up. I thought it would be the end of

:03:42. > :03:45.it. I thought I would not play any more in the Olympics. Then, after

:03:46. > :03:51.the surgery they said we might be able to get you back and whatever he

:03:52. > :03:56.said at that point, I was like, I will grab that. You grab the hope.

:03:57. > :04:00.Anybody would have done the same thing in that position. You have

:04:01. > :04:03.trained that hard and you have the dream of winning a medal in the

:04:04. > :04:09.Olympic games. I was going to take any option. As the tournament within

:04:10. > :04:14.the Olympics developed and you are back and now a medal is looking a

:04:15. > :04:20.reality, describe what that is like, waking up and knowing an Olympic

:04:21. > :04:23.medal could be yours? We had lost the semifinal against Argentina 24

:04:24. > :04:28.hours previous to the bronze medal game, so we had 24 hours of

:04:29. > :04:33.darkness. There was a lot of tears and soul-searching. But we had

:04:34. > :04:36.discussed and been through this situation before the team and we

:04:37. > :04:40.knew how to deal with each other. By the time it got to the last game,

:04:41. > :04:44.the feeling in the team was one I will never forget. I remember

:04:45. > :04:51.looking in everyone's. It was knowing we are going to do this.

:04:52. > :04:54.COMMENTATOR: Walsh, touched in, absolutely

:04:55. > :05:04.brilliant. What a comeback this has been. Great Britain have won the

:05:05. > :05:08.bronze medals. So if 2012 was an emotional roller-coaster and also I

:05:09. > :05:13.imagine professionally a very high year for you, ultimately, 2013

:05:14. > :05:19.personally was a very big year for you. Yellow dobbing yes, it was a

:05:20. > :05:24.big year. On the pitch and off. I got engaged and married, which was

:05:25. > :05:28.amazing. There are so few openly gay sports people generally across any

:05:29. > :05:33.sports and to get married as well, while you are still playing and your

:05:34. > :05:38.wife is the same team. I can't think of another example of that in global

:05:39. > :05:43.sport. You are a very unique couple. Yes, it is funny because when you're

:05:44. > :05:47.in things you don't see them from the outside perspective. I think we

:05:48. > :05:52.are a couple, we love each other and we happen to be playing in the same

:05:53. > :05:55.team. Because our team-mates and friends and family have been so

:05:56. > :05:59.supportive and understanding of that, we also don't see anything

:06:00. > :06:03.strange or different. I think the extraordinary thing is when it is

:06:04. > :06:08.your wife, does that affect the dynamic of the squad? You would have

:06:09. > :06:14.to ask the squad and team-mates. We are very professional. We draw a

:06:15. > :06:18.line. When we are at hockey, we are Kate and Helen, team-mates, and away

:06:19. > :06:22.from hockey we are a couple. It is important the line is drawn to be

:06:23. > :06:26.able to talk to each other and say things that you say to normal

:06:27. > :06:29.team-mates, that is not good enough, and not start having a row about it

:06:30. > :06:33.afterwards. Once you leave hockey, you will leave hockey. You have been

:06:34. > :06:37.in squads together for over a decade, but you will be at a World

:06:38. > :06:50.Championships without each other for the first time because of Helen's

:06:51. > :06:54.injury. It has been really hard. She had got herself to a place where she

:06:55. > :06:58.was playing, fitter than she was last season after she had had her

:06:59. > :07:02.first back surgery. I had got myself to a point where I really believed

:07:03. > :07:10.her name would be on the sheet. It wasn't there. It is just... It is

:07:11. > :07:16.just really sad. Were you more upset than she was? No, I think we were

:07:17. > :07:22.both very similar, shocked and all the emotions you go through, angry,

:07:23. > :07:27.upset. It was good we had the weekend to kind of deal with it

:07:28. > :07:30.together alone, in our own way. Do you think that was a moment where

:07:31. > :07:39.you thought gosh, this will not go on forever? Absolutely, yes. There

:07:40. > :07:42.are lots of emotions going through me at the moment and certainly I

:07:43. > :07:50.know this is my last season playing in the international team and yes,

:07:51. > :07:52.it would have been the last time we played together potentially. All of

:07:53. > :07:57.those things make it that much harder. Everything is the last

:07:58. > :08:01.thing, the last fitness test, the last tournament, everything is the

:08:02. > :08:04.last one. That makes everything quite emotional. That is the

:08:05. > :08:08.definite, is it? If you come away from Glasgow with a gold medal,

:08:09. > :08:15.which has eluded you so far, would that be the point you think, it is

:08:16. > :08:20.not that long to Rio? My body feels quite good, funnily enough. It is

:08:21. > :08:24.everything else. I have spoken to a lot of people. They have retired.

:08:25. > :08:28.They say, you just know, but it is time for me, it is time for the

:08:29. > :08:42.squad and there are lots of other things I want to do. I feel like the

:08:43. > :08:46.next chapter is ready. The band of sisters that she has grown up with

:08:47. > :08:49.here, you can really sense that is the thing that will be the hardest

:08:50. > :08:58.for her when she does finally put her stick down for the last time.

:08:59. > :09:01.For Kate, her fourth Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be yet another

:09:02. > :09:06.opportunity to achieve sporting success on the global stage in a

:09:07. > :09:10.career that has lasted well over a decade so far. For one young cyclist

:09:11. > :09:15.from the Isle of Man, just being in Glasgow will be remarkable. Back in

:09:16. > :09:19.2009, Jonny Bellis had his whole life ahead of him. Having emerged as

:09:20. > :09:22.one of the most promising cyclists in Great Britain. At a motorbike

:09:23. > :09:30.accident in Italy almost changed all that. But Katherine did -- Katherine

:09:31. > :09:33.Grainger has travelled to Denmark to hear his inspiring story.

:09:34. > :09:39.This Grand Prix is the most prestigious road race in Denmark.

:09:40. > :09:45.Jonny is making his debut on Danish soil, representing a local team. It

:09:46. > :09:49.is his first year back of the moat -- Road cycling professional after

:09:50. > :09:56.being forced to take a lengthy break from the sport he loves. I shattered

:09:57. > :10:00.this part of the school. The bones went into the sack of the brain. I

:10:01. > :10:09.had four blood clots. I have fractured my face, nose, cheekbones.

:10:10. > :10:13.I fractured my sternum. That is about it, really. I had a small

:10:14. > :10:18.blood clot on my spine. Other than that, not a lot!

:10:19. > :10:23.COMMENTATOR: The youngest man in the race, from

:10:24. > :10:29.Great Britain, just 19, Jonny Bellis. The first Manxman to race in

:10:30. > :10:32.the Olympic Games. What got you involved in cycling originally? I

:10:33. > :10:38.was one of those kids when I was younger that just wanted to do every

:10:39. > :10:41.sport and there was a Lucas Luhr -- there was a local cycling club on

:10:42. > :10:45.the Isle of Man. I got involved and had a lot of success. I was in the

:10:46. > :10:50.Commonwealth Games when I was 17, the Olympics when I was 19, European

:10:51. > :10:58.champion, European champion and national champion and it was just

:10:59. > :11:01.like that. Going up and up, it was great, continuing the hard work and

:11:02. > :11:09.obviously I had more success along the way. I just continued that way,

:11:10. > :11:18.really. I felt a really strong energy on the team. It is two or

:11:19. > :11:22.three days since. You are racing in Denmark for the first time ever. I

:11:23. > :11:26.you looking forward to it? Yes, I am. The Danish team, it is quite

:11:27. > :11:31.important for me. It is quite an interesting race, not your usual

:11:32. > :11:35.type of road race with the off-road sections and things like that. I

:11:36. > :11:41.have never done a race like this in my life at all. It will be an

:11:42. > :11:47.experience, for sure. I will deal with what the team asks of me. 2008,

:11:48. > :11:53.you are at the Olympics, looking great. Then 2009, you are living and

:11:54. > :11:58.working in Italy. Mark Cavendish, your mate, just around the corner. I

:11:59. > :12:05.got on my scooter, literally a mile away from home and I remember

:12:06. > :12:11.getting hit by something behind. It was a shunt. I remember falling and

:12:12. > :12:17.that was it. That was the last thing I remember. I got hit by a car from

:12:18. > :12:23.behind. They obviously drove off and the next person that came along and

:12:24. > :12:27.found me laying on the road. It was very blurry for the next few

:12:28. > :12:34.months, because there were so many convocations and operations. The

:12:35. > :12:42.medical stuff I was on, the drugs etc, from then on it was just in and

:12:43. > :12:47.out of crazy dreams and coming around and not really knowing my age

:12:48. > :12:51.I couldn't walk, I couldn't talk properly, I couldn't do anything. I

:12:52. > :12:56.wasn't allowed to eat or drink water. I remember constantly dying

:12:57. > :13:00.of thirst the whole time. How was it you wouldn't hold you had been in a

:13:01. > :13:05.coma for a month? I did not understand it, if you know what I

:13:06. > :13:11.mean. It weird. My brain had a lot of damage. You don't think about

:13:12. > :13:13.it, a coma. I didn't really know what it meant, just something you

:13:14. > :13:19.would never think would happen to you. What was the initial prognosis?

:13:20. > :13:22.I was in Italy, my parents in the Isle of Man. They flew to Italy,

:13:23. > :13:29.arrived at the hospital in Florence and the doctor said, well, he's

:13:30. > :13:35.going to live, but he's going to be paralysed from the neck down. So to

:13:36. > :13:43.be sitting here now after being told all that by the doctors, it is a

:13:44. > :13:47.miracle someone or something decided that there is more for me to do in

:13:48. > :13:51.this world and I have come round and been able to do what I was doing

:13:52. > :13:57.before. OK, it is not quite at the level I would like to the, but I am

:13:58. > :14:09.pretty optimistic I can get that -- I can get back there soon enough.

:14:10. > :14:16.the first time back on the bike? Probably ten months. I was like, OK,

:14:17. > :14:21.dad, I am muddy to go out on the road with a group and train with

:14:22. > :14:26.them. -- I am ready. He was like, you are having a laugh. There is no

:14:27. > :14:30.chance you will be able to ride with the group. He went out with me on a

:14:31. > :14:34.little circuit round the Isle of Man. That was when it hit home, how

:14:35. > :14:41.weak I still was. I could barely get out of the saddle and I was so tired

:14:42. > :14:47.after. It hits you confident. I was such a confident rider before. Now

:14:48. > :14:53.my confidence is pretty low. The more I get involved and the more

:14:54. > :14:59.races I do, the more confidence I get back to a good level to be

:15:00. > :15:03.competitive again. And physically with the weight loss and that, I

:15:04. > :15:08.have potentially changed a bit. I am not as stocky as I was before but at

:15:09. > :15:13.the end of the day, muscles have a memory, so if I could do it then,

:15:14. > :15:18.why not now? What made you decide to do track rather than road in the

:15:19. > :15:23.Commonwealth Games? I did the track in Melbourne when I was 17 and I

:15:24. > :15:28.know what it is about. I thought it was a realistic target, a good

:15:29. > :15:32.target. Not every day you get to represent the Isle of Man either so

:15:33. > :15:36.I thought it would be great. Do you have a result in mind that you would

:15:37. > :15:41.be happy with? If I make the final of both races I will be happy and

:15:42. > :15:51.satisfied. Who knows in track racing? You never know what can

:15:52. > :15:57.happen. On the road, events can be equally as unpredictable. Jonny

:15:58. > :16:00.retired and Christina Watches had only managed fifth place,

:16:01. > :16:06.disappointed for both but Jonny remains undaunted. I guess that was

:16:07. > :16:13.not the plan. It was not the plan for me to be here standing here now

:16:14. > :16:16.and not at the finish line, but ten kilometres into the race, I just

:16:17. > :16:22.felt a nickel in my knee which I have had problems with in the past.

:16:23. > :16:26.I thought to myself, what is the best thing to do? Physically I could

:16:27. > :16:30.have carried on but I did not want to potentially make it worse. I

:16:31. > :16:39.thought I would stop. You're not going to let things like today stop

:16:40. > :16:43.you going forward. Is it a forward-looking mentality? I think

:16:44. > :16:49.so. In a couple of days I will be fine. The last 24 hours or so, I

:16:50. > :16:53.have got to know Jonny better. It has made me certain that he will not

:16:54. > :16:57.let this setback hold him down for a long and he is very much looking

:16:58. > :17:02.forward to Glasgow, putting on the Isle of Man jersey, and returning to

:17:03. > :17:07.the track. I saw your tattoo when you got off the bike. What does it

:17:08. > :17:15.mean? The past has no power over the present moment. Onwards and upwards?

:17:16. > :17:18.Onwards and upwards. And you can find out how Jonny Bosman were

:17:19. > :17:26.incredible story unfolds at the Commonwealth Games this summer. --

:17:27. > :17:28.Jonny's incredible story. There is coverage across the BBC on TV, radio

:17:29. > :17:44.and online. Jason, this is a really intense year

:17:45. > :17:47.for you. Three big tournaments with the Commonwealth Games bang in the

:17:48. > :17:52.middle. Hockey is like that nowadays. Only the Olympics is

:17:53. > :17:55.bigger than this year. I think the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and

:17:56. > :18:00.the fact that we play Scotland in that tournament makes it feel bigger

:18:01. > :18:04.than normal. And then you have this captain, Kate, who has been through

:18:05. > :18:10.so much in the last few years and has told us that this is it, this is

:18:11. > :18:13.her last year. What is it like having somebody with that kind of

:18:14. > :18:18.experience in the squad who has been a leader for so long? She has been

:18:19. > :18:22.captain through so many tournaments. If we were to do the best England

:18:23. > :18:26.team of all time, she is in it, which reflects how good she is as a

:18:27. > :18:30.player. Where she is really remarkable is what she does for the

:18:31. > :18:35.team and the sport in our country. She is as much as a role model of

:18:36. > :18:38.the pitch as for the young players on it. The team will miss her and

:18:39. > :18:43.the sport will miss her, to be frank. We loved seeing the bronze

:18:44. > :18:48.medal in London but the gold medal has eluded her so far. You know,

:18:49. > :18:52.they are hard to get for a reason and you have to work really hard and

:18:53. > :18:56.get a little bit of luck, that is for sure. If we want to get a gold

:18:57. > :19:04.medal, we know when and who we need to beat and we are motivated to try

:19:05. > :19:08.to win it. Not just to be averagely entertaining. It will be fitting for

:19:09. > :19:14.Kate if she does go out that way. Fairy tales don't always happen but

:19:15. > :19:18.it would be nice if it did. You have some new talent coming through in

:19:19. > :19:23.the last couple of years. These girls are on a journey beyond Kate,

:19:24. > :19:28.to Rio as well, and the intensity of this year would be good practice. It

:19:29. > :19:33.is a journey to Rio and beyond now. For most people involved in the

:19:34. > :19:37.London Olympics cycle, London was very much a milestone event. The

:19:38. > :19:41.future was not considered so much, which is why in most British teams

:19:42. > :19:46.there is much more turnover of players and staff afterwards. We are

:19:47. > :19:51.very much thinking, OK, onto the next year. We talk about 2020 as

:19:52. > :19:56.much as Rio, making sure the players in the squad can get through to that

:19:57. > :19:59.tournament as well. The journey beyond London was to grow every

:20:00. > :20:04.sport, take the legacy and move forwards, and that is what has

:20:05. > :20:08.happened in hockey. The rankings have improved and the countries that

:20:09. > :20:13.England now beats are stronger and better than before. After London, a

:20:14. > :20:17.lot of the team was concerned that standards would drop but we got

:20:18. > :20:25.better actually. They got into the finals of the European for the first

:20:26. > :20:29.time in 20 years. Does that add its own pressure? I imagine at the top

:20:30. > :20:33.the fear of failure becomes more significant. For a long time, the

:20:34. > :20:37.British hockey teams have been towards the bottom, nothing to

:20:38. > :20:41.lose. It certainly does change it and we have to work with a mindset

:20:42. > :20:51.that does not allow us to be like that. Enjoy it? Yes. England's

:20:52. > :20:54.hockey team led by Kate are genuine gold medal prospects for the

:20:55. > :20:59.Commonwealth Games. For Wales, much of their hope lies with their young

:21:00. > :21:03.boxers. Based most of the year in Sheffield within the British set-up,

:21:04. > :21:06.it is rare for Sean McGoldrick and Andrew Selby to be able to spend

:21:07. > :21:11.time at home with friends and family. Both learned their craft at

:21:12. > :21:15.their local gym in Newport and they took boring to do but with them as

:21:16. > :21:22.they went back to where it all began. -- Ore Oduba with them.

:21:23. > :21:26.Do you remember how old you were when you walked in through these

:21:27. > :21:29.doors for the first time? I was about eight when I first came in to

:21:30. > :21:34.see it. My big brother came down here and he was ten and you have to

:21:35. > :21:38.be ten to box. I came down there. What were you like as a

:21:39. > :21:47.ten-year-old? Wild and loose! Throwing punches around. I think

:21:48. > :21:52.that is pretty accurate. He was stopping people at an early age.

:21:53. > :21:58.Like a Tasmanian devil? You had to control it? That kind of thing. The

:21:59. > :22:02.coaches calmed me down a bit. They started making good of my talent. I

:22:03. > :22:06.am sure you have seen hundreds of boys coming through the doors here.

:22:07. > :22:12.Was there anything special that you saw the likes of and Andrew? Sean

:22:13. > :22:18.had the dedication. He really wanted it. Andrew is just a class act. He

:22:19. > :22:23.has great hands and feet, coordination. The pair of them are

:22:24. > :22:28.class acts. Is that what you were like as a young fighter, Andrew?

:22:29. > :22:32.Erratic? Needed controlling? I needed controlling but I used to

:22:33. > :22:38.lose a lot as I was younger and then I got better. Why was that? I was

:22:39. > :22:45.fed up of losing! My mum told me to keep at it and I would do well and I

:22:46. > :22:49.did. Mothers always know best. Yes! I saw his talent. I knew that once

:22:50. > :22:55.he won a fight he would get the confidence he needed and then every

:22:56. > :23:01.fight that he won, he got better and better. You have seen his highs and

:23:02. > :23:07.his lows. Oh, yes. I have seen him very low, saying that is it. Games,

:23:08. > :23:13.he was low. On days like this, the top and bottom judging scores are

:23:14. > :23:26.discarded and the middle scores are added up. Selby will have to wait

:23:27. > :23:30.for the decision. Selby is defeated, the double European bronze

:23:31. > :23:36.medallist. He said he would not go to the Olympics. I said, what? All

:23:37. > :23:40.these years of boxing? He sulked for five or six hours, be looking at

:23:41. > :23:48.him, him looking at me, then he started going jogging. We got back

:23:49. > :23:51.up and went back into it. Everybody knew that I won that. They called it

:23:52. > :23:59.a cab back, where we drew on points and I knew I should have won. It was

:24:00. > :24:10.up to the judges. I chucked my vest of them. -- vest off then. When it

:24:11. > :24:14.comes to the Commonwealth Games, I assumed that is not the way you want

:24:15. > :24:20.to finish your Commonwealth career? No. I have improved a lot since then

:24:21. > :24:27.and I am going for gold. What was it like watching him? Amazing.

:24:28. > :24:31.Genuinely one of the best experiences. The youngest of the

:24:32. > :24:35.team. We were not expecting him to get much more than experience. It is

:24:36. > :24:41.so nerve wracking watching from the ring. You think he is stepping up a

:24:42. > :24:46.level. You want him to win, not get hurt, box well, so much from the

:24:47. > :24:50.outside of the ring as well as the inside. I would much rather be

:24:51. > :24:54.outside than inside! It was really special to me at the time. It was my

:24:55. > :25:00.first senior tournament and there was no pressure on me. I was just

:25:01. > :25:05.there to enjoy the experience. It will go to count back. That punch

:25:06. > :25:11.should have scored. Great from Sean McGoldrick. Battling away. It is

:25:12. > :25:22.going to go to count back. Well, he has got it. Silver medal for Sean

:25:23. > :25:28.McGoldrick. It was a strange way that he won the gold medal in Delhi.

:25:29. > :25:32.I was boxing in the final. I drew the fight and then lost. At the time

:25:33. > :25:37.the gold medal was not awarded to me. Several weeks or maybe a couple

:25:38. > :25:41.of months later, the guy had failed his drugs test. Eventually justice

:25:42. > :25:47.was served and he got banned and his gold medal was taken off him and I

:25:48. > :25:51.was upgraded. What would it mean to be in Glasgow and to win the gold

:25:52. > :25:55.medal and to be on the podium and hearing the Welsh national anthem

:25:56. > :25:59.for you? It would be special but I don't want to think... I am telling

:26:00. > :26:03.myself that I want the gold medal but I just want to focus on one

:26:04. > :26:08.fight at a time. That would be pretty special to do it twice. For

:26:09. > :26:10.you, seeing these guys training day in, day out, then coming back

:26:11. > :26:15.successfully from these tournaments, you must be like a

:26:16. > :26:18.proud father. It is really rewarding to see the boys going away to the

:26:19. > :26:22.tournaments that 20 years ago we could not even compete in. We just

:26:23. > :26:27.used to compete in the first round and now we win medals. Fantastic. I

:26:28. > :26:32.can see on your face that you are focused on this. It is a big thing

:26:33. > :26:36.for me, a lot of pressure. I am ranked high in the world and I have

:26:37. > :26:42.to prove it to everyone. With the team this year, we have a good

:26:43. > :26:47.chance of taking the medal haul. I genuinely believe that we can finish

:26:48. > :27:00.above in the medal tables in boxing and England and Scotland because our

:27:01. > :27:02.team is that good. -- than England. How was that? Those sessions are

:27:03. > :27:08.always difficult because they are stop and start. It is a lot of

:27:09. > :27:14.concentration, especially the corner defence. If you get hit by a ball,

:27:15. > :27:19.it hurts, so you have to concentrate. This is such a big

:27:20. > :27:23.year, three major championships. The World Cup, then the Commonwealth

:27:24. > :27:27.Games. Do you have to keep going up and bringing yourself back down, or

:27:28. > :27:32.do you stay at one level of intensity? I think this year is the

:27:33. > :27:37.hardest in awe of the cycles. The World Cup is probably our most key

:27:38. > :27:42.tournament in hockey but the Commonwealth Games for the public is

:27:43. > :27:46.huge. It is a case of switching on and then switching off and getting

:27:47. > :27:52.good at that. Are you going to savour everything this year? Because

:27:53. > :27:58.that is it, definitely? Yes. Just taking it in and enjoying every last

:27:59. > :28:02.bit. Some tears along the way? Quite a lot. And not from a stick in the

:28:03. > :28:09.jaw this time! Just emotion. None of that. Kate Richardson-Walsh has had

:28:10. > :28:13.a career to be proud of. The relationship she has had over the

:28:14. > :28:17.years with team-mates and of course her wife have been key to the

:28:18. > :28:21.longevity and sporting success. For Andrew and Sean, it is the backing

:28:22. > :28:29.of a coat at the beginning of their careers that has given them a goal,

:28:30. > :28:32.and ambition. -- coach. And the support that Jonny Bellis has

:28:33. > :28:36.received has quite simply changed his life and got him back on the

:28:37. > :28:40.bike. It is a June double bill. We are back on the 29th when we will go

:28:41. > :28:45.to Durban to meet somebody who could beat one of the big races of the

:28:46. > :28:53.Glasgow Commonwealth Games. -- could be one of the big faces. This is

:28:54. > :28:58.where dreams are made! You don't have to be World Champion or Olympic

:28:59. > :29:01.champion to enjoy your sport. Get out there, participate and do

:29:02. > :29:03.something. I hope you have been inspired today. We will see you next

:29:04. > :29:06.time.