Thérin happy to take different track

Saturday 27th February 2010, 3:00PM GMT.

Lauren Thérin competing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne

Island Games athletics record holder and former British Bobsleigh champion Lauren Thérin’s potential has been recognised – by British Cycling.

The 24-year-old is one of two athletes to be selected to work with Great Birtain’s cycling squad after applying for the Girls4Gold UK Sport initiative last year.

The programme, which aimed to unearth exceptional female talent capable of winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics, has been developed as there are now numerous British athletes who have changed sports and achieved success in a short space of time.

Most notable is Rebecca Romero, a former Olympic medalist in rowing, who moved on to track cycling at the age of 26 and became Olympic champion in Beijing in 2008.

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