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| 8 April 2006 |
| Lovely's strength winning medals All-rounder back where career began |
AFTER success in weightlifting, cycling and rugby, Deborah Lovely is
used to being a winner.
However, she will this weekend return to where it all started - the
athletics field.
Lovely, 23, is competing in the Queensland athletics titles tomorrow
and Sunday for the first time in five years.
Although she's been doing some club events and representing Griffith
University at last year's Australian University Games, her main focus
in recent years has been on other sports.
She won a swag of international weightlifting medals - including gold
at last year's Commonwealth Games - after impressing in state and
national track cycling during 2005.
Last year, she was identified as a national rugby talent for a possible
future Wallaroo tour of New Zealand.
But it was winning a bronze medal in discus at the 1999 World Youth
Games in Poland that propelled Lovely's career to new heights.
This weekend, the Ipswich and District Athletic Club competitor will
line up in hammer, discus and shotput events at QEII.
"My strength is getting right up there," the Riverview all-rounder said,
confident of getting among the medals.
"My weights have only just started to really come back up again. I did
a 20kg improvement in my squats yesterday and went pretty close to
where I've been when I've been my strongest.
"Definitely my strength from the weights and running around being my
psycho self doing everything has really helped (returning to athletics)."
Through recent club competitions, the former national athletics
champion has achieved distances good enough to qualify for next
month's nationals.
Witha body type more suited to hammer rather than discus or
shotput, she has one eye on the state record of 57m.
"If I can really pull one out - either here or at nationals, I should go
close to that,: Lovely said.
"I'm hopeful of picking up a couple of medals."
Helping her refocus on athletics has been younger sister Rebekah and
another rising thrower Andrew Welesh. Lovely has been coaching the
pair while getting herself back into competitive athletics form.
Rebekah (under 18 and open hammer, shot and discus) and Andrew
(open discus) are both competing this weekend.
used to being a winner.
However, she will this weekend return to where it all started - the
athletics field.
Lovely, 23, is competing in the Queensland athletics titles tomorrow
and Sunday for the first time in five years.
Although she's been doing some club events and representing Griffith
University at last year's Australian University Games, her main focus
in recent years has been on other sports.
She won a swag of international weightlifting medals - including gold
at last year's Commonwealth Games - after impressing in state and
national track cycling during 2005.
Last year, she was identified as a national rugby talent for a possible
future Wallaroo tour of New Zealand.
But it was winning a bronze medal in discus at the 1999 World Youth
Games in Poland that propelled Lovely's career to new heights.
This weekend, the Ipswich and District Athletic Club competitor will
line up in hammer, discus and shotput events at QEII.
"My strength is getting right up there," the Riverview all-rounder said,
confident of getting among the medals.
"My weights have only just started to really come back up again. I did
a 20kg improvement in my squats yesterday and went pretty close to
where I've been when I've been my strongest.
"Definitely my strength from the weights and running around being my
psycho self doing everything has really helped (returning to athletics)."
Through recent club competitions, the former national athletics
champion has achieved distances good enough to qualify for next
month's nationals.
Witha body type more suited to hammer rather than discus or
shotput, she has one eye on the state record of 57m.
"If I can really pull one out - either here or at nationals, I should go
close to that,: Lovely said.
"I'm hopeful of picking up a couple of medals."
Helping her refocus on athletics has been younger sister Rebekah and
another rising thrower Andrew Welesh. Lovely has been coaching the
pair while getting herself back into competitive athletics form.
Rebekah (under 18 and open hammer, shot and discus) and Andrew
(open discus) are both competing this weekend.
23 February 2007
Queensland Times