{"id":7518,"date":"2021-03-13T20:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7518"},"modified":"2021-03-13T20:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:02:41","slug":"paratriathlete-lauren-steadman-to-take-on-strictly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7518","title":{"rendered":"Paratriathlete Lauren Steadman to take on Strictly"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote  data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Rio Paralympic silver medallist Lauren Steadman has announced that she is to be part of the BBC\u2019s popular programme, Strictly Come Dancing, this autumn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote  data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The timing is perfect as the BBC series kicks off with a launch show in September (dates TBC), just after she returns from the ITU World Champs in Gold Coast, Australia, where she will be hoping to go one better than at last year\u2019s Worlds to bring home gold in the PTS5 category.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The all-important launch show is where she\u2019ll find out who her partner will be. But whoever it is, her fitness levels and renowned competitive nature will certainly ensure she\u2019ll stand up to whatever her partner throws at her.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back in 2016 pre-Rio,\u00a0in an exclusive interview with 220,\u00a0she also revealed a love of dancing.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019ve been doing salsa for two years. I was working with my psychologist, Chris Wagstaff, and he said \u2018When you\u2019re younger and you did sport it was a hobby and you loved it, but now it\u2019s no longer a hobby, it\u2019s your career, so find something else.\u2019 I already do the baking, the reading, and then I saw a poster for salsa. I do it twice a week.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhen you dance you forget about all the stresses,\u201d she continued. \u201cIf I\u2019m feeling stressed with sport and uni then I can go and dance with my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s hope dancing in the show remains stress-free, even as she faces the infamous judges. But then if anyone can stand up to competitive pressure, it\u2019s Steadman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Strictly\u2019s launch show will be on BBC One in September, with the full series returning later on in the autumn.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote  data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Say hello to the #Strictly class of 2018! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Paralympic silver medallist Lauren Steadman has announced that she is to be part of the BBC\u2019s popular programme, Strictly Come Dancing, this autumn. The timing is perfect as the BBC series kicks off with a launch show in September (dates TBC), just after she returns from the ITU World Champs in Gold Coast, Australia,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}