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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ben Bloom

Meet the Pentathlon power couple facing the end of their Olympic dream

GB pentathletes Joe Choong and Liv Green
GB pentathletes Joe Choong and Liv Green are no longer on track to realise their dream of competing together in the French capital next month. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

At the end of a quiet, unassuming cul-de-sac, a steep hike from the centre of Bath, there is little giveaway of the dual Olympic ambition that has long absorbed the occupants of the last apartment on the street. But for those in the know, the signs are there: the vast number of trainers overwhelming the shoe rack outside the front door, the massage gun discarded on the sofa, the photograph on the window ledge showing two people beaming at the red-carpet premiere of the James Bond film No Time to Die.

The harsh, unforgiving world of elite sport is not a particularly welcoming place to find a fellow partner. Common ground located in shared aspirations can easily be lost in the cut-throat reality of individual success and failure. Joe Choong and Liv Green know that all too well.

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