Amanda Spratt is a 3 x Australian Cycling Olympian having represented Australia at Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016 and London 2012 Olympic Games. Amanda is a Dual World UCI Championship medalist picking up silver in the road race in 2018 and then bronze in 2019. She is an original team BikeExchange–Jayco rider, a 2 x Tour Downunder champion and a 3 x National Road Race Champion 2012, 2016 and 2020. On this episode Amanda shares around her career highs, lows, and learnings and the challenges she faced overcoming a condition ‘Iliac Artery Endofibrosis’. 

Amanda outlines the long road to recovery that she's still on following her diagnosis just after the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games where she recounts how things didn't quite go to plan.

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Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. 

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