Horror Crash Helps to Bring Laverick's Fighting Spirit to Fore

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › August 06, 2008

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The memory of standing on the podium in Athens to collect an Olympic bronze medal was still strong when Elise Laverick's world came crashing to a halt.

One of British rowing's most vivacious characters, Laverick was en route to training at the Thames Rowing Club in Putney on October 27, 2004 when she was knocked off her bicycle by a white van.

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Horror Crash Helps to Bring Laverick's Fighting Spirit to Fore

Laverick hit the back of the van face first. The driver did not stop and has never been traced. The hit and run occurred on one of the few junc...

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