Equestrian star Yasmin Ingham speaks to Media Isle of Man after winning the Sportswoman of the Year award at the 2024 Isle of Man Sports Awards
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00:00So we've got something to like actually we can start this interview very nicely
00:03we both went to QE2 you've done a lot more from than me in the sporting world
00:06I will say but you're here tonight for a massive massive award
00:09Yasmin tell us what it means to pick up yet another Sportswoman of the Year
00:12Oh it's an incredible honour to be awarded with Sportswoman of the Year
00:16I feel so proud to come from the Isle of Man and it's huge amount of talent so I
00:22feel very honoured to to be receiving this alongside so many incredible
00:27athletes this evening. Your mantelpiece must be getting quite full surely now
00:31but to see all the crowd here tonight and to I think this event's pretty
00:36unique in the fact that there's a load of Isle of Man people in the crowd that
00:39know how much it means for you to be in the Olympics not necessarily ride but to
00:43be involved in that does do you always carry the sense of three legs a man on
00:47your back almost? Absolutely I always say you can hear them before you see them so
00:51that is so important to me to know that I've got the backing of all my family
00:55and friends and everybody that is from the Isle of Man it's super important and
00:59it's such an amazing feeling to have everyone here tonight as well to
01:05celebrate such amazing success from the Isle of Man sports people. And just
01:09before I let you shoot off can you tell us what the future looks like for you?
01:12The long-term goal now is looking towards LA Olympics in a couple of years
01:17time so we'll be working really hard towards that but in the immediate future
01:21over the next few months I'm looking at doing and competing at my very first
01:25badminton International Horse Trials which is at five star level top of the
01:29sport I've never competed there before so yeah I'm absolutely super excited to
01:34be hopefully aiming for that and then the European Championships which are in
01:38September and at Blenheim Palace in Great Britain so that's the that's the
01:43plans for the next few months. Well a lot to look forward to best of luck and
01:46congratulations thank you.