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Issue 1364
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February 15 2018
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From Bacon’s to bobsleigh - Winter Olympian praises former school for success By Katherine Johnston
katherine@southwarknews.co.uk
AFTER YEARS of ‘hard work, sacrifices, blood, sweat and tears’, Camberwell bobsleigher Toby Olubi is finally heading to this year’s Winter Olympics. And the Olympian credits his former school, Bacon’s College, with his success - saying its teachers gave him ‘a belief that I could do anything’. Cash-strapped Toby spent four years
raising the funds needed for his training and to compete at Pyeongchang, including appearances on Deal or No Deal and The Cube in a bid for public support. When not enduring punishing five-hour gym sessions or training far from home, Olubi says he can often be found in Bagel King and Burgess Park, and that Southwark still gives him ‘that warm homely, Mumma’s treacle pie on a Sunday morning feeling’. Full story on page 3
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