Monthly Archives: January 2012

LATEST GUARDIAN BLOG FROM SARAH: After Christmas, my husband and trainer Steve and I went to Lanzarote with some family and friends for a holiday, which was very relaxing. Because the rest of Team GB was training at home, I had to do some work too, so I ran on the beach, did circuits and [...]

Sarah Stevenson, who experienced a tumultuous year by becoming the world taekwondo champion before losing both her mother and father to cancer, has ended 2011 on a high after being made an MBE in the Queen’s New Year honours list. The 28 year-old from Doncaster, who was controversially overlooked in the all-male shortlist for the [...]