Shauna Coxsey not hanging around in bid to scale heights of Olympic ambition
For years, Don Valley Stadium was a magnet for athletes, and even now the regeneration of Attercliffe has an Olympic feel to it; with the English Institute of Sport home to the best of British in boxing, table tennis and wheelchair basketball to name just a few sports that have made the Steel City the hub for their high performance squads.
The road to the Olympics often takes an athlete through Sheffield, a statement that rings true even for the more obscure sports, like climbing, which makes its debut in the Olympic programme in Tokyo this summer.
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