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“It’s overall been a great year for individuals” A look at the standout sporting figures in Wales throughout 2024
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06/12/2024
As Wales have been represented extensively through their sporting achievements this year, who have been the standout names in 2024, whether it’s putting themselves on the map or continuing at the top level, that have put on a fantastic showing.
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It has been a remarkable year in Welsh sport, not just in Welsh football, but sport in general.
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Many standout names who have accomplished much for such a small nation that Wales is,
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but you know, they pack a big punch, it's fair to say.
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And so, as I say there, we're going to be looking at some of the biggest names, standout
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names from the 2024 calendar year who've made a real impact in Welsh sport, both domestically
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and in a global sense as well.
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So, you know, when I think of names, obviously you think of Craig Bellamy, who's taken over
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Robert Pages, the Welsh football manager.
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You've got some of the Olympians who, of course, who've made an impact at Paris 2024.
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So there's lots to go through, and I'm sure you'll have more to tell us about as well.
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So Charles, who has stood out in Welsh sport this year, and why have they stood out?
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Well, yeah, I think we'll start with the Olympics.
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It was an amazing summer, 14 GB, you know, just over the water in Paris, and a record
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33 Welsh Olympians represented Team GB at Paris 2024.
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Now, that's the largest Welsh contingent at an Olympic Games, which is quite remarkable
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for the nation to have that many.
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They also then, on top of that, Welsh Olympians received a record 13 medals, three golds,
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three silvers, seven bronzes.
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Now, just to reel off a few names that stand out, Anna Hersey became Wales's first ever
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Olympic table tennis player.
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She was fantastic.
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She sort of lit up the screen, and going into it as well, she was a name that was floating
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around so young and so enthusiastic, and was brilliant for Wales on that Team GB stage.
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Jasmine Joyce became the first British rugby player to appear at three different Olympic
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Games.
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So, you know, that's sort of the other side of it, but the longevity in there, and that
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was fantastic to see.
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Ruby Evans became the first Welsh gymnast to compete at the Olympics since 1996.
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So, I mean, just a few of these names are just showing that Wales have so much talent
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across an array of sports, and they're really showing that, and the Olympics was a brilliant
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platform for that.
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So, yeah, those few names there are fantastic.
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And then, of course, you have Anna Nabarka, who became the most decorated Welsh woman
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at the Olympics when she won her fourth medal.
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So, there's a lot of young talent coming through.
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There's a lot of longevity as well, and the Olympics was a brilliant stage for that, as
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I say.
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And, you know, you mentioned Craig Bellamy there.
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I think he deserves huge applaud.
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Welsh football was in a place where not many knew the future of it, not many knew where
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it would go, and Rob Page had a real indifferent tenure in charge of the nation.
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Craig Bellamy comes in.
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He's been a player.
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He's now a manager, and he's got his high ambitions, high expectations, and he's been
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fantastic for them so far and, you know, unbeaten.
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It's overall been fantastic by the individuals in Welsh sport this year.
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