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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

HISTORICAL FACTS: Meet the former footballer aiming to make olympic breaking history - The Untold Story

Emma Houston was just like millions of other kids who grew up playing football and marvelling at the 100-metre sprints and high jump when the Olympics appeared on their TV screen once every four years.

But Houston’s decision to call time on a promising football career in favour of breakdancing during their teenage years sent their sporting trajectory swivelling in a unusual direction that has placed them on the brink of making history.

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