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Another gold medal for tandem team by Ann Morgan
Visually impaired tandem para-cyclist and world record breaker Emma Foy from Dargaville and her riding partner Laura Thompson have returned home with a gold medal from the Track World Championships in the Netherlands.
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Emma Foy and Laura Thompson have successfully defended their title at the Track World Championships
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The gold adds to another gold and a silver and bronze in just over two years of competition. Emma was born and bred in Dargaville. She rides in the stoker position, or rear seat of the tandem cycle with her seeing pilot Laura in the front. They met at a para-cycling talent ID camp at the start of 2013 and their coach paired them to compete together last year. “After completing my schooling I went on to university and got interested in cycling, so I moved to Cambridge in the Waikato to pursue the sport,” said
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Emma. “I like to have goals and to aim for the top and I always want to be the best I can.” “We have just returned from the Netherlands and the Track World Championships and achieved gold for the 3000 metre pursuit, defending our position from last year where we broke the world record for the same event by eight seconds,” she said. “It’s satisfying to win. All your hard training pays off. “It is good to back things up and it means you are keeping on top of your game and moving forward.
It’s easy to get complacent and we won’t allow ourselves to do that.” says Emma. “I miss Dargaville and I visit as often as I can. “My move to Cambridge gives me access to the velodrome to practice and the best thing is there are so many cyclists and individual riders who are very supportive and will ride with me.” “Getting into the sport is self funded and I have a few supporters, but as you get results on the world stage you start getting help. Balance Sport Nutrition and Reiker Cycles now sponsor me which has been a great help too.”
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