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Strictly Come Dancing already 'eyeing up Olympic champion' for new series

Strictly Come Dancing bosses are reportedly thinking of the line up for next series already and could have their eye on one particular Olympic champion. Following her retirement from cycling, it looks like Laura Kenny could be taking to the dancefloor as the 'ultimate signing' with a source claiming that producers believe the nation would 'love' her. A source told The Mirror: "Laura is Britain's most successful female Olympian, with five gold medals.
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Olympian Laura Kenny says ‘part of me was torn away’ by miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy
Laura Kenny, 29, has revealed that she has had both a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy in past five months.The five-time Olympic cycling champion admitted that “scared doesn't even come close” to how she felt at the time, and disclosed that she even lost a fallopian tube.  The UK’s most successful female Olympic athlete told her Instagram followers that she became pregnant with fellow cyclist husband Jason Kenny after last summer's Tokyo Games.However, she tragically miscarried nine weeks into her pregnancy, back in November.The sports star was still feeling unwell after catching Covid in January, and was subsequently rushed into hospital where she had emergency surgery with an ectopic pregnancy.Posting a picture of herself smiling with her fellow GB teammates, the athlete opened up about her ordeal to her 197,000 Instagram followers. “Back at a bike race! I didn’t expect to be back at a race any time soon but life doesn’t always go to plan does it?” she began.“Since the Olympics we haven’t had much luck and it’s been the hardest few months I’ve ever had to go through. “Jason and I fell pregnant immediately after the games and we were absolutely chuffed to bits. “But unfortunately in November when commentating at the track champions league I miscarried our baby at 9 weeks,” she revealed.“I’ve never felt so lost and sad.
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'Virtue-signalling insanity' Piers Morgan on ruling over transgender cyclist Emily Bridges
Piers Morgan, who has been campaigning against transgender people competing in women's sport for years, took to Twitter in celebration."Finally, a ray of common sense shines up from the virtue-signalling insanity," he wrote jubilantly in view of almost eight million followers.If she had taken part, 21-year-old Emily would have been up against some formidable competition, including five-times Olympic champion Laura Kenny.However it is believed that those who were assigned male at birth face physical advantages against those who were born female, including levels of the hormone testosterone.Although the hormone is present in both males and females, it is men who have significantly higher amounts of it - and the substance, which promotes the building of muscle, is one of the factors in men having an athletic advantage.The Union Cycliste Internationale requires their contestants to have had testosterone levels that are below five nanomoles per litre for at least a year prior to competing.However the association has confirmed that Emily does not meet the criteria and British Cycling subsequently issued a statement to say so.It read: "We have now been informed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that under their current guidelines Emily is not eligible to participate in this event."Piers had earlier hit out over the victory of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the 500-yard freestyle swimming contest in the USA's NCAA Championships, deeming it "unfair".World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe has taken the same stance as Piers, arguing in his professional capacity that decisions to allow transgender athletes and sportspeople to compete is placing the "integrity" of women's sport under threat.He has insisted that
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