for that there s a great chance for us to reset and do things better. i think some really positive, tough decisions but really positive decisions but really positive decisions about the game in wales to predict the game in the future. there is no doubt that the success of the national team in the past, a lot of these issues were here but we probably paved over the cracks and they didn t come to the forefront of they didn t come to the forefront of the forefront. probably for the better. there s a chance to fix a lot of the things that needed fixing. while the pandemic may have officially ended for many people covert is still a concern. something that can be for british rower 0onagh cousins who retired from the sport three years at the contracted long covid. rowing had always been at the centre of 0onagh cousins s life at the start of 2020 she was on the cusp of our first 0lympics. but then
i ve ever wanted in test cricket, i m going to try and do it in these games, and it could be dangerous, it could be not so dangerous, so we will see. meanwhile, ben stokes trained again today wearing a knee brace that s protecting his long standing tendinitis. it s a condition he ll have to manage during the ashes. in yesterday s session he could only bowl briefly and didn t at all during the win over ireland earlier this month. a minute s silence was held at the nottingham tennis this morning in memory of the three victims of the attack in the city centre this week. andy murray, who had his first match of the tournament yesterday, called it heartbreaking. while the pandemic may have officially ended, many people, cave it is very much something of the silicon firm. this rings true for british rower 0onagh cousins, who contracted the virus three years ago and has had to retire from the sport with long covid.
growing had always been at the centre of 0onagh cousins life. at the start of 2020, she was at the cusp of her first 0lympics. then covert code n ice cream hit. young like i said my coach, i ve got a bit of a cold. that was the start of the year and a half off. looking back, it is surprised me how ill you can be without realising. you own full to do normal tasks. i was struggling with sharon, getting of bed. i was struggling. just normal everyday tasks. today, 0onagh cousins is part of an estimated 1.9 million people living with long covid, a condition which is recognised but not fully understood. she watched the postponed tokyo 0lympics from home, but it was another year after that until she was ready to return to the british setup. i was ready to return to the british setu -. , .,
is where my life would have gone. there is a big loss of life you envisioned not being there any more. there is also a lot of peace. i think, long ago, i did accept that i had this, i contracted this virus, and it contracted into a severe disease i fully gave myself to the process of trying to return, i did everything i could. that means that, now, i can walk away, knowing i tried my best and that there was nothing i could have done. the pandemic nothing i could have done. the pandemic at nothing i could have done. the pandemic at each of us differently. 0onagh cousins counts herself as one of the lucky ones that she had support around her. she wants more research into long covid, but she plans the next phase of her life, there will always be a sense of what if? it there will always be a sense of what if? ., there will always be a sense of what if? . , ., ., if? if there hadn t been a global pandemic. if? if there hadn t been a global pandemic. i if? if there hadn t been a g