Victoria Williamson interview

salsiccia1
salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
edited February 2017 in Pro race
Really good interview in the Grauniad* with Victoria Williamson about her recovery from the horrific crash she was in last year. Be warned - graphic description of injuries (I wibbled a bit)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/07/victoria-williamson-track-cycling-back-pelvis-neck-injuries



*WCF: the Guardian is like the Daily Mail, only for pinko liberals.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    “I would have gone for the second GB sprint place behind Becky James."

    Bites tongue.

    One of those behind the scenes stories that The Daily Mail missed....
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  • spam02
    spam02 Posts: 178
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Really good interview in the Grauniad* with Victoria Williamson about her recovery from the horrific crash she was in last year. Be warned - graphic description of injuries (I wibbled a bit)

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/07/victoria-williamson-track-cycling-back-pelvis-neck-injuries



    *WCF: the Guardian is like the Daily Mail, only for pinko liberals.

    Wow, I remember reading she'd had a bad crash but didn't realise it was that bad.
    Serious mental toughness required as well as physical to put yourself back into a competitive situation after an accident like that. I wish her the best of luck for a full recovery and resumption of her career.
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    “I would have gone for the second GB sprint place behind Becky James."

    Bites tongue.

    One of those behind the scenes stories that The Daily Mail missed....

    good to see shes recovered enough to be back training again, and fortunately doesnt remember much about it, horrible accident and horrible injuries.

    not wholly convinced about the going to Rio bit, that form wasnt showing at Cali only 6 weeks before the crash, and cant believe theyd have sent her to Rotterdam to have had that crash in the first place if that had been the case as she'd have been over at the Track World Cup in Hong Kong trying to help the team sprint who desperately needed to qualify instead, absolutely her aim was to to have gone for the second spot, but thats not quite the same thing is it ?

    but its difficult to read too much into anything like that,whilst BC have their PR gurus on board at the moment,
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    She's a good girl eh?
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  • weekendcyclingfan
    weekendcyclingfan Posts: 980
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    “I would have gone for the second GB sprint place behind Becky James."

    Bites tongue.

    One of those behind the scenes stories that The Daily Mail missed....
    'When mummy cooks!' Victoria Beckham makes light of embarrassing kitchen disaster after her bowl of porridge EXPLODES in microwave

    They did have an behind the scenes story on Victoria porridge.. 8)
  • weekendcyclingfan
    weekendcyclingfan Posts: 980
    ddraver wrote:
    She's a good girl eh?

    No, she's a women.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    weekendcyclingfan wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    She's a good girl eh?

    No, she's a women.

    You mean she's got some sort of split personality disorder?
  • spam02
    spam02 Posts: 178
    weekendcyclingfan wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    She's a good girl eh?

    No, she's a women.

    Should I correct my wife when she says that she's 'going out with the girls' ? - just askin' like...
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    SPaM02 wrote:
    weekendcyclingfan wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    She's a good girl eh?

    No, she's a women.

    Should I correct my wife when she says that she's 'going out with the girls' ? - just askin' like...
    I don't think I know your wife but I would say that's probably a bad move. Makes me wonder if wcf is married, or still married if he asked a question like that.
    Do people get all uppity if someone says "he's a good lad" in the same way?

    Interesting interview, thank you sausage, amazing strength of mind to go through all that and carry on.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    Veronese68 wrote:
    SPaM02 wrote:
    weekendcyclingfan wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    She's a good girl eh?

    No, she's a women.

    Should I correct my wife when she says that she's 'going out with the girls' ? - just askin' like...
    I don't think I know your wife but I would say that's probably a bad move. Makes me wonder if wcf is married, or still married if he asked a question like that.
    Do people get all uppity if someone says "he's a good lad" in the same way?

    Interesting interview, thank you sausage, amazing strength of mind to go through all that and carry on.

    You could say that about some of the threads on here recently [zing]

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