#10 the Sports Issue

#10 the Sports Issue

Devon’s Baptism of Fire

Hidden in the verdant valleys of Devon, a rural county in South West England, lies Ottery St Mary. A textbook English countryside town, the average

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Welcome to the Wild West

The old cultural centre smells like sweat and bratwurst. Middle- aged dancers in Western wear arrange themselves into neat lines around me. A bouncy girl with pigtails and

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The Transcontinental Race

It’s just past four o’clock in the morning, and I’m cycling through the still, damp air of a summer night in Bosnia. I’m heading southeast from the Croatian

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You Flinch, You Lose

Julian Sanchez was in a hurry. He still had to buy a pair of cheap black trousers. He would wear his black leather shoes—as required by the dress code—but didn’t want to ruin his only suit.

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The long run

In the fall of 2020, Selemon (not his real name) received an email announcing that a marathon race would be held in the Czech Republic. As an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner living in Europe, Selemon had been training throughout the pandemic. Like many of his peers who rely on prize money and appearances for a living, he’d been struggling. His bank account was drying up, and his resolve was weakening too. Here, finally, was an opportunity.

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Meet the Snagglerats

“Most skaters are boys, I don’t know why,” says six-year-old Mac Morrice from West Lothian in Scotland. “Everybody thinks skating is a boys’ sport, and

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