A scholarship for young athletes who are also in university has been launched by Edinburgh's Sir Chris Hoy to help them develop their "exceptional talent" in sport and academia.

The six-time Olympic champion launched the Sir Chris Hoy Sports Scholarship Fund alongside the University of Edinburgh, where he studied back in 1999.

It will support students at the university who are training and competing while studying for their degree.

This year, twenty students are receiving the funding in a bid to help them overcome financial challenges posed by intensive training and competing.

This year's scholars include Alyson Bell and Phoebe Gill, who are training in athletics, cyclist Amelia Tyler, diver Noah Penman, swimmer Ciara Schlosshan, and mountain biker Emily Carrick-Anderson.

They rec

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