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Rhys Jones Already Had His Gold Medal Moment As He Relishes Prospect Of Commonwealth Games Hat-Trick

Rhys Jones has described being selected for a third Commonwealth Games as his “gold medal moment”. Anything else he achieves on the Alexander Stadium track in Birmingham this summer will be a bonus, says the para sprinter.

So, the Ryan Giggs Wales era has officially ended. It was an announcement which almost certainly represents a full-stop conclusion to the strained 30-year association between the Cardiffian and his national football team. The word “officially” is important here: in both practical and emotional terms Robert Page is already Wales manager.
Gareth Bale Backs FAW Pledge To Put World Cup Profit Into Better Pitches

Profits made from Wales qualifying for the World Cup – expected to be around £4m - will go into improving grassroots facilities, the Football Association of Wales have pledged. The overall commercial revenue from Wales reaching their first finals of the tournament for 64 years could be at least £10m, it has been estimated. But the guaranteed part of that income – which comes from the FIFA prize money pot – will go straight into benefitting the game at lower levels.
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Oarstuck Crew Relive Atlantic Mission . . . But Monty Says Welsh Team Challenge Took Over His Life
As this year’s Talisker Whiskey Challenge entrants recover from their efforts, one former competitor – Welsh rower Monty Williams – tells Haydn Evans why he loved the challenge, but will probably never do it again.
Every year, around 30 crews of brave - or just bonkers - people attempt to row... Read More

Olympic Medlalist Vicky Thornley Retires From Rowing After Successful Career
By Hannah Blackwell
Olympic silver medalist Vicky Thornley has insisted she is retiring from rowing with no regrets.
The Welsh rower has opted to call it a day but says she will leave the sport fulfilled with a raft of honours and a lifetime of experiences along the way.
Thornley represented Team GB... Read More

Ben Pritchard Watched The Last Paralympics From A Hospital Bed . . . Now He's Bidding For A Medal
Ben Pritchard is used to arriving ahead of schedule. He joined the British rowing squad just a year after becoming a para rower in 2017 and is now about to compete at his first Paralympics in Tokyo after first targeting Paris in 2024, as David Williams reports. The last time... Read More

Bronze For Welsh Pair In GB Eight, Heartbreak For Vicky Thornley . . . Then Outrage And Anger From Wales' Josh Bugajski
Welsh rowers Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Josh Bugajski took a bronze medal in the men’s eight but there was another GB rowing near miss for Vicky Thornley in Tokyo – before Bugajski launched a furious attack on the sport’s former head coach. Wynne-Griffith and Bugajski were part of the men’s eight... Read More

Vicky Thornley Vows To Go All Out To Break The Trend Of Medal Near Misses For Team GB
Vicky Thornley is on course for a shot at another Olympic medal and is desperate to break the sequence of agonizing fourth place finishes for Team GB. The Welsh rower became just the third British female single sculler to reach an Olympic final – and the first for 25 years... Read More
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