![]() ![]() Kyra: Then when we were 17 we did an international race in a four person boat and actually raced together. Saskia: But Kyra was amazing on the rowing machine as a junior so I was always wanting to beat her on that. And I remember training for the next championships and just thinking 'I need to beat Saskia!'. ![]() Saskia: Yes, so we first met at junior nationals and raced against each other at about 16. So was it through rowing that you both met? Kyra: My story is very dissimilar, I think Saskia's story is quite unique really, never mind the fact her dad won the Olympics! I was just at school and did an indoor rowing competition and was quite good at it so joined a club from there.īruce: I actually did row for about three months at school and I was so small, they put me in at cox and I thought this wasn't for me! I didn't want that responsibility of steering the ship. I just wanted to join in as the little sibling, and I started quite young at about 10 years old. Saskia: My dad rowed and then so did my older brother and sister at our local club. And in a classic romantic trope, the rest is history.Īs part of Bruce Mouat's Pride Month, the curler caught up with British Rowing's power couple to discuss their evolving love story, the importance of being visible members of the LGBTQIA+ community and the positives and negatives of doing the same sport. The two rowers were fierce competitors during their junior careers before they became fast friends at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2015. It wasn't quite love at first sight for Saskia Budgett and Kyra Edwards. ![]()
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