Nicola Adams and our Olympic golden greats still making us proud – The Yorkshire Post says

THE timeless adage “the gifts that keeps on giving” defines Yorkshire’s golden generation of Olympic champions – and their continuing contribution to the health and wellbeing of their home county.
By YP Comment
Published 27th Oct 2020, 11:40 BST
Nicola Adams and her Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones.Nicola Adams and her Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones.
Nicola Adams and her Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones.

Track cyclist Ed Clancy is now behind an academy in Doncaster helping young children to learn to cycle and improve their fitness.

Triathlon titan Alistair Brownlee and his younger brother Jonathan have launched The Cafes are Open – a campaign to help promote those local cafes that provide so much sustenance for all those embracing the great outdoors from the superfast to the more sedate.

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And now boxing pioneer Nicola Adams is proving to be a knockout success on Strictly Come Dancing with her dance partner Katya Jones – and giving a county weighed down by Covid reasons to smile and laugh.

Triple Olympic champion Ed Clancy at his Doncaster academy.Triple Olympic champion Ed Clancy at his Doncaster academy.
Triple Olympic champion Ed Clancy at his Doncaster academy.

Their efforts, and those of so many others, make the words ‘thank you’ feel so inadequate when they have rarely been expressed with such sincerity – or gratitude.

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