Published Date:
29 July 2010
ANDREW Hood from Cupar is one of only two Scots to have been selected for Team GB for the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore from August 14-26.
Andrew and fellow triathlete Eleanor Thorogood from Wales will be part of the 40-strong British team across 16 Olympic sports named by the British Olympic Association.
The athletes, all aged 14-18, will participate alongside 3600 competitors from all 205 National Olympic Committees in a competition schedule which includes all 26 sports on the London 2012 Olympic Programme.
Andrew — who celebrated his 18th birthday on Thursday — said: "I'm really happy to have been selected for the Youth Olympics.
"It was a definite aim of mine for this year and I can't wait to experience the atmosphere of such a big event."
The East Fife Triathlon club mem ber added: "I think this will be a great springboard for me, especially with the 2014 Commonwealth Games set to take place just half an hour from where I'm going to University in Stirling."
Read more in the Fife Herald.
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29 July 2010 12:14 PM
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