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Five a day: Olympic Pentathlete Rebecca Jamieson
Nine To Noon
English - January 23, 2020 21:05 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Rebecca Jamieson is bound for Tokyo, the first ever female athlete to represent New Zealand in the Modern Pentathlon at the Olympic Games. While most athletes preparing for the Olympics focus on one sport, Rebecca has five: fencing, swimming, show jumping, running and shooting. More impressive, Rebecca only took up training for this mammoth event last year. 100% self-funded, the 29 year old from Patumahoe in South Auckland has pushed the pause button on her full-time teaching career to get up to speed for the games, which take place in Japan in July. To help Rebecca meet the cost of competing in Tokyo she has set up a Givealittle page.