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Medal Quest: Can you guide a promising young athlete to championship success?

Updated Thursday, 1 July 2021

Can you help a talented child athlete make it all the way to the Olympic finals based on the choices you make for them at key stages in their development? Try our game and find out.

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Medal Quest: Can you guide a promising young athlete to championship success?

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Discover how athletes become champions with these videos

Chasing Perfection: How do athletes become champions?

Try a free course on sport and coaching

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

Take it further with The Open University

Become an OU student

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Share this free course

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BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree

BSc (Honours) Sport, Fitness and Coaching

Introduction to sport and fitness

Working with people in sport and fitness

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