Kyra Edwards - Creating Accessibility and Diversity in Rowing
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Kyra Edwards has raced for Great Britain at the junior, U23 and senior levels, and has won junior silver and U23 bronze World Championships medals. She has a degree in statistics from UCLA and is training for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Kyra and I discuss how to improve accessibility in the sport of rowing and her experiences as a Black mixed heritage athlete in a sport dominated by whites.
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