One of the things that I love about the Olympic Games is getting the chance to meet (vicariously) all the athletes. Sophie McKinna is an athlete from the United Kingdom that will participate in shotput in Singapore, but hopes to take the games home in 2012, when they will be in London.

She’s 15 years old, and one of the top athletes in the world at the Junior Level. The Singapore Games will give her the chance to enjoy competition at the highest levels.

I wish her good luck (though I want the US to beat her, personally). Making the UK team in 2012 may be more difficult than making the Youth Olympic Team, but she’ll have the opportunity. You can find out more about McKinna on BBC Sport.

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