Ipswich based Abbie Thorrington has been posting some impressive results in the UK over the past few months. She won the British Universities Triathlon Championships in Bath earlier this month, and also in her build-up to the triathlon season, Abbie retained her British Universities Cyclo-Cross title, thanks to a good display at the championships in Nottingham. She confirmed her fine form on the bike by also finishing second in the British Universities ten-mile Time Trial, staged at Oxford.

Sponsored by 53-12.com, which is the team she also represents in bike races, Abbie is also a member of Ipswich Swimming Club.

For the full story, see see the Evening Star 24, Britain's community newspaper of the year.

UPDATE: Abbie also features in this piece of video on the BBC website.