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Just a little run around the world

Rosie Swale-Pope has successfully completed her five year long, around the world run. For various charities and to highlight the importance of cancer awareness and early diagnosis.

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Seagals will row 2010 miles around GB

On 1st June 2010, 4 ordinary women in a 24ft rowing boat will take on the mighty task of rowing around Great Britain non-stop and completely unaided.

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And the Last Woman Standing is …

Would you be prepared to run for six hours plus in the lung-lashing altitude of Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains, all the while wearing a brightly coloured party frock and chucking a hoop off a stick? Not forgetting sporting flip-flops fashioned out of old tyres and evading snakes and vertical inclines?

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Elham Al-Qasimi aims to be first

In April 2010, Elham Al-Qasimi will set off to trek to the North Pole. She aims to be the first Arab woman to set foot at the northernmost tip of the world, making the trek unassisted and unsupported.

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Young Women in Extreme Sports

Extreme sports competitions - including skateboarding, motocross and BMX racing - have almost always been a man's world. Young female athletes talk about the trials of breaking into a male-dominated arena that has historically objectified women and pushed them to the sidelines.

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