Published: Tuesday, 30th June, 2009 12:40pm

Ayr's Ana is Olympic Bound

by Roisin McGroarty

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Ayr student will represent UK by studying at major event

AN Ayr student is preparing to represent the UK at the Olympic"s Academy - a prestigious month-long postgraduate course on the games.

PhD student Ana Adi will be taking part at the International Olympic Academy"s Postgraduate Seminar from July 1 to 30.

In addition to being the only PhD student from the UK selected to attend this event, Ana, 26, has been appointed co-ordinator of the 17th annual Postgraduate Seminar which will bring together 40 students from around the world.

Her role will be to ensure that the seminar runs smoothly, representing at the same time a link between the past and current generations of postgraduate IOA attendees.

The event is being held at the headquarters of the International Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia in Greece and will see postgraduate students from across the globe undertaking a series of lectures covering topics ranging from the Ancient Olympics to ethics in sport, as well as delivering presentations on their own research.

Ana, who studies at the Ayr campus of the University of the West of Scotland, said: 'It is a real honour to be the co-ordinator of this high-profile event. The IOA is a great place for scholarly debates as well as for finding out about Olympic research interests around the world."