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Jen McIntosh

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Two-time Olympian turned author.

A lover of books and all things magical, I took to writing as an escape from the pressures of competing in one of the Olympics’ more obscure and controversial sports – target shooting.

Following my retirement from international competition, I transitioned into a management role – supporting the next generation of Scottish athletes – and started a blog, sharing some of my experiences and lessons learned during my time as an athlete.

But I had two dreams growing up: compete at the Olympics and become an author. Ironically, the latter has proved more challenging than the former - but with a lot of hard work and perseverance, I released my debut fantasy novel, Blood of Ravens, in June 2021

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Sport and Politics…

There is an old adage that sport and politics should not mix - that things like the Olympic movement should remain politically neutral. As if sport is something that can and should exist in a vacuum, separate from the rest of our day-to-day lives.

Which is a joke.

Sport and politics have been intertwined for decades. Inescapably so. Both rely entirely on people and to try to remove one from the othe

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