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IONA HARRIS HAS ALWAYS
LOVED THE CHALLENGE AND
EXCITEMENT OF COMPETI-
TIVE SPORTS. HER ATHLETIC
EXPERIENCE DEVELOPED
FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE
WITH HER PARTICIPATION IN
SOCCER, TRACK AND FIELD
AND ROWING. IT WASN'T
UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED
GYMNASTICS, HOWEVER,
THAT HER TRUE PASSION
BEGAN TO FLOURISH.
GYMNASTICS ALLOWED
HER TO BECOME MORE
IN TUNE WITH HER BODY,
EXPANDING HER FITNESS
ABILITY AND HONING
ATTRIBUTES LIKE HER
FLEXIBILITY, COORDI-
NATION, STAMINA AND
OVERALL PHYSICAL
STRENGTH. GYMNASTICS
GAVE FIONA THE OPPOR-
TUNITY TO LEARN VITAL
LESSONS ABOUT THE
VALUE OF HARD WORK
AND DISCIPLINE. IT ALSO
TAUGHT HER ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF CON-
QUERING HER FEARS
AND PUSHING PAST HER
RESERVATIONS IN ORDER
TO ACHIEVE THE SUC-
CESS THAT SHE CRAVED.
COMPETING AT SUCH
AN ELITE LEVEL TOOK A
LOT OF DEDICATION AND
SACRIFICE BUT IT SET THE
FOUNDATION FOR ALL
OF HER FUTURE PROFES-
SIONAL ENDEAVOURS
AND SHE CAN ATTRIBUTE
MUCH OF HER LIFE’S SUC-
CESS TO THE LESSONS
THAT IT TAUGHT HER.
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