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How Zwift turned a 17-year-old into a pro - Domestique Hotseat with Emily Dixon
How Zwift turned a 17-year-old into a pro - Domestique Hotseat with Emily Dixon
Emily Dixon spent her childhood throwing tantrums on mountain bike trails. She did swimming, gymnastics, dance and netball, and she was, in her words, pretty mediocre at all of them. Then lockdown cancelled everything, her dad started riding Zwift in the garage, and she got jealous enough to put a neighbour's old road bike on a trainer and ride it in her sneakers. Six years later she is racing in Europe with two professional wins to her name. In this episode she tells Aidan Burgess how that...