Shanaze Reade Aims to Compete in BMX and Team Sprint in Beijing
She’s the first woman (And young at that! She’s only 18!) that I’ve come across who’s into BMX and is planning to compete in the Olympics.
GOLDEN girl Shanaze Reade insists she is still a novice despite sensationally becoming world champion in a second sport.
The 18-year-old World Junior Women BMX champion, one of Great Britain’s great hopes for next year’s Olympic games in Beijing, China, took up track cycling to keep in shape during the BMX off-season.
But she quickly demonstrated amazing ability, and won silver for Great Britain in the UCI Manchester World Track Cup in February - her first ever track competition.
Reade is now the Women’s Team Sprint champion after partnering with Victoria Pendleton to bag the gold at the 2007 UCI World Track Championships at Palma, Mallorca, clocking at 33.631 seconds, beating Holland and Australia into second and third, respectively, in the Team Sprint, last Thursday.
She hails from Crewe but is now based in Leeds for training.
Shanaze’s ultimate goal is to become Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 and in London 2012. She plans to compete in three Olympics and take home some medals, of course.
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