SARAH HOLT brought down the curtain on her 2010 season in imposing style by rubbing shoulders with the likes of Dai Greene and Jenny Meadows at UKA Awards Dinner in Loughborough.Dewsbury hammer thrower Holt was a guest at the season finale dinner as part of the UKA Heroes Project, sponsored by Original basis, where she received a final cheque of £500 from Meadows. The 23-year-old endured a puzzled season,winning selection for the Common wealth Games and the European Team Championships, but injury and illness meant she failed to do herself justice on the international stage.
However, after sharing supper with the cream of UK Athletics and her injury nightmare seemingly on the wane, Holt believes she has all the ingredients needed to do the GB vest proud at next year’s World Championships.“The awards night is good fun and it’s nice to see all the different athletes and the big names,” said Holt.“I am getting more used to seeing the GB stars because I have been on teams with them now but it is still a really good night.“Last year was a dissatisfaction for me because I had a few different injury problems and it was really frustrating.
I am still rehabbing now and trying to get back to full fitness, which is frustrating, but it is going well and I’m feeling confident about next year.“Most important to me is to stay fit for next period and then try and get myself to the World Championships in South Korea.”And world 800m bronze medallist Meadows – who added European Championships bronze to her rapidly growing trophy cabinet in 2010 – believes Holt will be a revelation in 2011.“All the guys on the scheme seem to be massively improving each year now and I am sure they will have a great year in 2011,” said Meadows, an ambassador for the UKA Heroes initiative.
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