A TALENTED young athlete from Cleveland set out this week on a course that could take her to the Olympics.
Liz Adams, aged 17, of Marske (above), joined the Olympic development modern pentathlon squad at a two-week training camp in Bonn, Germany.
She is a student at Prior Pursglove college in Guisborough where the head of PE, Mr Gordon Appleby, said the teenager had tremendous talent. "We hope that when it comes to the next Olympics, Liz will be there," he said.
"She is absolutely dedicated to her sport and it is no surprise that she was selected to join this programme and to train alongside some of the country's top athletes."
Liz, who this year represented Great Britain in competitions in Sweden, Switzerland, Holland and America, will be fine-tuning her swimming, pistol shot, fencing and show jumping skills which are part of pentathlon activities
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