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The singing long jumper using The Beatles as her inspiration for Commonwealth glory

Published 5:58 AM EDT, Tue April 10, 2018
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Jazmin Sawyers was a member of Team GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016, where she finished eighth.
Gold Coast 2018 —
Jazmin Sawyers was a member of Team GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016, where she finished eighth.
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Sawyers won a silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Sawyers won a silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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At the 2014 Games she jumped a season-best 6.54 meters, just 0.02m short of Nigeria's Ese Brume.
Gold Coast 2018 —
At the 2014 Games she jumped a season-best 6.54 meters, just 0.02m short of Nigeria's Ese Brume.
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The 23-year-old Sawyers followed up her Commonwealth Games success with another silver, at the 2016 European Championships.
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The 23-year-old Sawyers followed up her Commonwealth Games success with another silver, at the 2016 European Championships.
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Taught the words to the hymn Jerusalem by her grandmother in 2011, she will be hoping to sing them on top of the Commonwealth podium on the Gold Coast.
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Taught the words to the hymn Jerusalem by her grandmother in 2011, she will be hoping to sing them on top of the Commonwealth podium on the Gold Coast.
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Sawyers recently moved to Florida to train with American coach Lance Brauman, who previously worked with sprinter Tyson Gay.
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Sawyers recently moved to Florida to train with American coach Lance Brauman, who previously worked with sprinter Tyson Gay.
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A woman of many talents, Sawyer previously competed in the two-woman bobsled at the 2011 Youth Winter Olympics, winning silver.
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A woman of many talents, Sawyer previously competed in the two-woman bobsled at the 2011 Youth Winter Olympics, winning silver.
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Sawyers recorded England's anthem 'Jerusalem' alongside British pianist and music producer Tokio Myers.
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Sawyers recorded England's anthem 'Jerusalem' alongside British pianist and music producer Tokio Myers.
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Sawyers and her fellow Team England singers in London's Abbey Road Studios, made famous by The Beatles.
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Sawyers and her fellow Team England singers in London's Abbey Road Studios, made famous by The Beatles.
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Sawyers is pictured with fellow England athletes recording Jerusalem.
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Sawyers is pictured with fellow England athletes recording Jerusalem.
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Gymnast Nile Wilson adds his own vocals to the anthem in the Abbey Road recording studios.
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Gymnast Nile Wilson adds his own vocals to the anthem in the Abbey Road recording studios.
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