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Gabby Logan

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Gabby is a former international gymnast who has been broadcasting for more than 20 years. She has been at the 麻豆官网首页入口 since 2007, covering the biggest sporting events, including the Six Nations, Olympics and football World Cup.

My Invictus lowdown...

I AM from Leeds. I was born there in 1973. My Dad, Terry Yorath, was a professional footballer for Leeds United.

Wheelchair rugby is such a fast and brutal sport

He went on to play for Coventry City, Tottenham, and the Vancouver Whitecaps, so I lived in about five houses and went to school in two different countries.

By 1983, Mum was fed up with moving and told Dad that we (by then I had two brothers and a sister) needed to stay in school for more than a year! So whenever Dad changed jobs after that, he did the moving, not us!

I AM proud of my children. I can’t believe I’m a Mum sometimes, doing school runs, planning meals, booking holidays and nagging about homework. It doesn’t seem two minutes since somebody did all of that stuff for me.

I AM excited about the wheelchair rugby, because it’s such a fast and brutal sport. The hits are hard and the collisions unforgiving.

I AM inspired by the natural world - it knows best. We can try to control it, but we will never win.

I AM also the owner/keeper of six chickens, two dogs, a hamster, three fish and a pony - and hopefully 20 sheep soon as well!