{"id":4480,"date":"2011-11-19T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/maggie-alphonsi-my-greatest-mistake\/"},"modified":"2016-02-12T08:10:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T01:10:55","slug":"maggie-alphonsi-my-greatest-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/maggie-alphonsi-my-greatest-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Alphonsi: my greatest mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEngland women’s rugby player Maggie Alphonsi gave up athletics and a chance of Olympic glory \u2013 but her greatest mistake was probably the best thing she could have doneBefore going into rugby at 14, I did athletics. I was a discus thrower and got funding from my local authority to represent the [London] borough of Enfield entering national competitions. But as time went on I realised I really wanted to give rugby a shot. So I went down to my local rugby club and pretty much became addicted to the sport.I gave up athletics. I could have gone on to represent England in the Olympics but abruptly, I chose to take another course in life. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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