Sonia tries again

7:42am Friday 2nd May 2008

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A STUDENT from Lancaster is to make her second bid to win a world sporting crown.

Sonia Povey has earned a place in the Triathlon world championships in Vancouver.

The 28-year-old (pictured) has been preparing for the event, since January - with a gruelling regime of 15 hours of cycling, swimming and running each week.

Sonia is completing a PhD in insect immunity at Lancaster University environment centre and juggles her training schedule with the demands of university life.

In order to compete in the event, Sonia - originally from South Africa but now living in Lancaster - had to finish in the top four at one of four qualifying events.

She says: "I competed in last year's world championships in Hamburg, where I came 30th out of about 100, so I was quite pleased with that, especially as last year was my first full year of competition."

Beside her athletic ambitions, Sonia hopes to become a sports physiotherapist.