OLYMPIC Gold Medallist Jason Queally came back to his roots last week to help out his old university.
The man who struck gold in the one kilometre sprint cycling event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney is a Lancastrian and former student and member of staff at Lancaster University.
And he came 'home' to officially opening a new fitness facility in the university's Sports Centre on Friday.
It is a state-of-the-art cardiovascular fitness room with 22 stations, ab-rollers and individual training mats - all available for use by the public as well as members of the university.
Jason is a member of Bowland College at the university, having been awarded an honorary degree in 2001 before graduating in Biological Science in 1992 and then working as a research assistant and technician with Professor Terry Mansfield until 1996. He left to pursue his sporting career full-time.
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