Shanaze, British BMX and track cyclist, 29 February 2008
With only about six months to go until the Beijing 2008 Games kick-off, my training to qualify is starting to pick up pace. But it was great to take some time out this week to meet all of the schoolchildren that reached the final of the 2012 ‘VeloDream’ schools design competition.
This competition was their chance to design their own dream cycling venues for a future Games and all of the schools I met deserved to reach the finals of the competition for the imagination and hard work that had gone into their design entries.
My visit to the VeloDream finals:

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“VeloDream: inspiring children to use their imagination”