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Deciding where to race... A conundrum for Olympian Dai Greene
Episode 5428th March 2021 • Destination Tokyo • Mark Shardlow
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Former world champion high hurdler Dai Greene talks us through the difference of being a funded and non-funded athlete. Injuries in the last few years have meant Dai has to pay most of his own way. So when it comes to massages, physio etc he has to be more self-sufficient.

The other issue at the moment is whether to race in Europe or not. Many athletes who went to the European Indoor Championships had to self-isolate on return after someone on the flight caught Covid-19. As Tokyo approaches no athlete can afford repeated self-isolations.

And it's tradition we talk pizza too. Dai's in charge of cooking the pizzas at his partner's business. This month he discloses a delicious sweet pizza! Here are the details

https://www.manorfarmbakehouse.co.uk/

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