Alexandra phenomena is in charlottesville where she met hi is mother how the high you know always had that sparkle in her eyes susan bro tells me when we meet in charlottesville carrying on her daughters fight for Social Justice she says helps her to cope with the grief when i first held the urn with her ashes. And i realize that Arent In My Arms was about the same weight of the same size as she was the day she was born that was hard. Hier believed in standing up to discrimination so when far right nationalists came to town she joined her black friends to protest in the august last year wide supremacist neo nazis and members of old tried groups from across the Country Cupboard to challenge the bill from the now infamous Unite The Right rally clashes
soon broke out between the group and counterdemonstrators. Was. The violence alternate in that two highlands. This is the place where it happened right here a car driven by a white supremacist smashed into a group of counter protesters kill
but also in terms of sport, i was playing hockey, netball and cricket and having to wear to sports bras and having to wear to sports bras and ifelt and having to wear to sports bras and i felt really uncomfortable. i think the main reason was for my sporting career. just that feeling of being uncomfortable in your own bodyis of being uncomfortable in your own body is never nice and it was really fortunate that i was in a position where i could speak openly with my parents about it. my mum had a breast reduction when she was younger and for her she knew exactly the feeling that i felt. losing two kilograms off your chest does make a difference, have to say. my first run after surgery six weeks later with my mum i genuinely felt like i was a new person. not only did i feel like i could stand taller, i also felt as light as ever and i deftly don t feel that now. i think i am new use to my new weight but it deftly has made a difference. if i did not have my breast reduction generally don t
i was preparing for exams and that feeling of being at a desk, looking over your paper and actually just feeling really uncomfortable is never a nice feeling. so for me that was one of the biggest things. but then also in terms of sport, i was playing hockey, netball, cricket, i was having to wear two sports bras and ijust felt really u nco mforta ble. i think the main reason was for my sporting career. just that feeling of being uncomfortable in your own body is never nice. and i was really fortunate that i was in a position where i could speak openly with my parents about it. my mum had a breast reduction when she was younger and for her, she knew exactly the feeling that i felt. losing two kilograms off your chest does make a difference, i have to say. my first run after surgery, six weeks later with my mum, i genuinely felt like i was a new person. not only did i feel like i could stand taller, i also just felt as light as a feather and i definitely don t feel that now. i think i m
hello, i m will perry from the bbc sport centre. we start with britain sjosh kerr who stunned norway s olympic champion yakob ingebrigtsen to take gold in the 1500m at the world athletics championships in budapest. kerr clocked a season s best three minutes and 29 seconds to make his first podium at a worlds. it comes one year after ingebrigtsen was beaten by britain s jake wightman in similar circumstances in eugene. you know, ithink, in your sporting career, you are always defined on your best performances. and i knew, in my career, i would probably be defined by 3.5 minutes. and if that were 16 years, 25 years of work, and you are defined by those minutes, to be outside well, it sounds rather daunting, when he said like that.
hello, i m will perry from the bbc sport centre. we start with britain sjosh kerr who stunned norway s olympic champion yakob ingebrigtsen to take gold in the 1500m at the world athletics championships in budapest. kerr clocked a season s best three minutes and 29 seconds to make his first podium at a worlds. it comes one year after ingebrigtsen was beaten by britain s jake wightman in similar circumstances in eugene. you know, ithink, in your sporting career, you are always defined on your best performances. and i knew, in my career, i would probably be defined by 3.5 minutes. and if that were 16 years, 25 years of work, and you are defined by those minutes, to be outside well, it sounds rather daunting, when he said like that.