![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While at the corporation she moved quickly up the ranks as presenter, winning acclaim particularly for her London Olympics and Paralympics coverage, and plenty of awards along the way. She was a talented amateur Flat jockey herself, studying English at Cambridge University and joining the BBC as a trainee. “It’s my job to bring out the best in them and to help make our viewers feel they have a front row seat on the greatest sporting stage”.īalding grew up in a racing household with her father, Ian, sending out the 1971 Derby winner, Mill Reef, before training horses for the Queen. “It’s a huge honour to be given this responsibility but I am very aware that no one person can fill Sue’s shoes,” she said. The 52-year-old Balding, who has been at the corporation since 1995, becomes only the fifth main presenter of the corporation’s Wimbledon coverage in 50 years, following David Coleman, Harry Carpenter, Des Lynam and Barker. In fact it was Barker herself who let the cat out of the bag last November, telling an awards event that the role she had held for 22 years was “in the safest hands – it’s absolutely wonderful to leave it with Clare”, as she picked up a lifetime achievement from her successor. However, the news that one national treasure would be replacing another was not entirely unexpected. ![]()
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