Glasgow 2026 'a dream come true' for Jersey's Woodward
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Jersey heptathlete Lucy Woodward says her selection for the 2026 Commonwealth Games is a "dream come true".
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Woodward, 23, scored a personal best of 5391 in Germany earlier this month.
The score was enough to ensure she will become the first islander to compete in the heptathlon at the Games, in Glasgow in July.
"I'm so excited, I'm really happy to be selected, it's a dream come true for me," Woodward told BBC Radio Jersey.
"This time last year I just wouldn't have thought this was a possibility, but I've had the season of my dreams so far and it's just very quickly become a reality, and I'm just so grateful."
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Woodward is part of a five-strong athletics team representing Jersey - the island's largest-ever for a Commonwealth Games.
She is the only female competitor alongside sprinters Zach Saunders, Steve MacKay and Jamie Oldham, as well as decathlete Evan Campbell who will be the first Jersey man to compete in the 10-discipline event for the island.
"It's going to be incredible. Kind of scary, I feel like there's a bit of mental preparation for me to keep my cool," said Woodward, who balances her training while working full-time as an architect and is currently ranked 11th in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the heptathlon.
"A lot of my friends and family are going to try and make the effort to come up so it should be a very good atmosphere and lots of people supporting for Team Jersey," she added.
"I've never competed in a stadium that big, let alone with that many people.
"I think running that 800m at the end of the heptathlon with all the girls that are going to be so competitive, it's going to be a great race and then just crossing that line and being able to say that I finished a heptathlon at Commonwealth Games."