Athletics: Sonia gets an Olympic assurance.Byline: DAVID HARRISON David Harrison may refer to:
BIRMINGHAM sprint queen Sonia Lannaman Sonia Lannaman (born 24 March, 1956) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She won the 100 metres gold medal and 200 metres silver metres in the 1978 Commonwealth Games for England. has been given a major boost in her preparations for the MOSCOW Olumpies. The 23-years-old athlete has leaned that her employers, Abbey Life Assurance, will grant her leave of absence on full pay next year to step up her training. The company, for whom Sonia works at Edgbaston as areceptionist, has already given her pounds 1,000 sponsorship. The new aid for the wolverhampton and Bilston club member arrives at an opportune op·por·tune adj. 1. Suited or right for a particular purpose: an opportune place to make camp. 2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: an opportune arrival. time since a major injury setback last summer severly curtailed her Olympie build-up. It was the same hamstring compiaint which ruled her out of the Montreal Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in 1976 and which has troubler her throughout her running carrer. Her coach Charles Taylor
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E said: "That is why the new Abbey Life offer is so valuable, The running she gets in the months before the track season the better." Sonia has three overseas trips planned during the winter months as the searches for some warm weather training, They are visits to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Barbados and Nice. Taylor said: "One of the most important factors for Sonia is to train in the sun to remove the risk of further muscle strains. "we will be working hard on her starting this winter and I have every confidence she will be a force to be reckoned with in Moscow." CAPTION(S): Sonia Lannaman ... three overseas trips. |
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