Athletics: Andy now out to turn the tables.Byline: By MARK WOODS Mark Woods (born 1972 in Belfast) is a sports writer and broadcaster based in Edinburgh. He is one of the UK's best known basketball journalists as well as one of the foremost writers on cricket in Scotland, contributing to a number of newspapers including The Sun, The CASH-STRAPPED cross country runner Andrew Lemoncello has revealed he had to spend the winter waiting on tables to keep his Olympic dream alive But the GB star insists his hard work has paid off and he's now ready to serve up a stunner stunner device used in abattoirs to stun an animal so that it is unconscious when it is bled out. concussion stunner a captive-bolt, nonpenetrating device, activated by a standard bullet. in the big race in Edinburgh next weekend. The Fifer, 25, is the sole Scottish athlete selected for the World Cross Country Championships in Holyrood Park after coming fourth at last weekend's trials. Despite holding a US passport Arizona-based Lemoncello has knocked back lucrative offers to switch countries - even though he's not getting a penny from UK Athletics to help him train. But while he may be flying economy from his US training base he's determined to put in a first-class showing in front of his home crowd - and boost his hopes of a spot in Beijing. He revealed: "I worked as a waiter in Flagstaff Flagstaff, city (1990 pop. 45,857), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a lively tourist trade thrive in the region, where many ruined pueblos, numerous state parks, several lakes, and large pine forests to help pay the bills but I decided this summer I'd stay with my coach and not work so I can put everything into the Olympics. "I'm trying not even to think about the funding because I know I won't get anywhere by appealing for it. "I just use it to drive me on in training rather than getting annoyed about it. You use it to get motivated and turn it into a positive." CAPTION(S): Lemoncello: Cash crisis |
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