She first tried the sport as a toddler and was later spotted by an Olympian who saw she had real talent
A nine-year-old girl from Nottingham is one step closer to her Olympic dream after being named British speed skating champion. Emmeline Francis picked up the under-11 title following the two-day British Short Track Speed Skating Championships on January 4 and 5 at Nottingham's National Ice Centre .
Much like the darts champion Luke Littler, who recently become a world champion at just 17, Emmeline began showing a talent for her sport when she was still an infant. “As soon as she could walk, she picked up roller skates that were lying around the house and she would go everywhere in them.” “She kept coming up to me, saying ‘your daughter can skate.’ She literally got spotted playing on the ice.”
Emmeline remembers being younger and telling Cheryl: “I really want to skate, I really want to speed skate”. She said: “I did figure skating for a bit, then I started speed skating at about five or six. I really like my coaches Mandy and Pete .” Peter is an Olympic referee for short track speed skating and has officiated men's events at the Sochi, Pyeongchang, and Beijing Winter Olympics which led to him being made an MBE in the New Year's Honours list.
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