In preparation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Queen’s Baton relay has been making its way across the globe and, now, across the country. As a result, the baton – which contains a message from Her Majesty the Queen – has recently arrived in Basildon and has made its way to our very […]
Tin-Tin Ho’s Journey to the Commonwealth Games
If ever a case for nominative determinism could be made, then Tin-Tin Ho would make an excellent subject to study. With a father who played table tennis for Hong Kong – and so obsessed with the sport that he named Tin-Tin’s older brother Ping (and was planning to name Tin-Tin Pong, but was blocked by […]
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Getting to know Lutalo Muhammad
Lutalo Muhammad is by far and away this country’ most decorated taekwondo athlete. A mixture of power, control, flexibility and speed. In this video we find out all about how Lutalo first got into taekwondo in the first place, where the Olympic dream began and the role his parents played in him winning his two […]
When Colin Met Kadeena Cox
Kadeena Cox is one of the country’s most successful Paralympians, with gold medals in both sprinting and cycling at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympic Games (as well as silver and bronze medals in sprinting in 2016 too). Here, she’s chatting to fellow athletic legend and Sporting Champions Ambassador Colin Jackson about how she got into […]
Colin Jackson Meets Lauren Steadman
Everyone Active Sporting Champion Ambassador Colin Jackson caught up with one of our Elite Athletes, Lauren Steadman to chat about anything and everything. They caught up about Lauren’s training regime, what the good things about being Paralympic champion actually are, what the physical and mental challenges are to achieving your goals, how to deal with […]
Richard Kilty chats to Colin Jackson
Team GB Olympic Sprinter, Richard Kilty sits down to chat with our Sporting Champions Ambassador about all things sprinting; including how he got into the sport in the first place, what he has in common with Colin, how he deals with nerves on the big stage and what his hopes are for this season. […]
Get to Know the Gadirova Twins this National Siblings Day 2022
Everyone Active Sporting Champions Ambassador and athletics legend Colin Jackson sat down with the rising stars of British gymnastics – identical twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova – this National Siblings Day to see how well they know themselves and each other! Who is the messiest? Who was the naughtiest at school? Who is the most […]
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Meet Maisie Summers-Newton
Double Paralympic swimming gold medal-winner and Everyone Active Sporting Champion Elite Athlete, Maisie Summers-Newton sat down recently with the scheme’s Ambassador, Colin Jackson to discuss a wide range of topics. These include exactly what the scheme means to her, how her Tokyo triumphs have affected her, how she got into swimming in the first place […]
Tin-Tin Talks Table Tennis
Table tennis was always going to be a massive part of Tin-Tin Ho’s life. With a father and brother both obsessed by the sport, it was written in the stars – a good thing, too. The Everyone Active Sporting Champion, European Champion and Commonwealth Games Silver medal-winning ping pong player has been brought up on […]
Sporting Champions’ Success in Tokyo
What a summer it was! The whole nation was inspired by athletes from all over the globe who took part in the Olympics and Paralympics and the games were certainly worth the wait! Here at Everyone Active, we were just as gripped by the events, as we got behind our Sporting Champions athletes who were […]
