Clive Myrie
British journalist, newsreader, and presenter
Other people’s suffering.
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Cows in the field next door.
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View profile →Six weeks in my dad’s office doing admin was enough to persuade me to pursue a career in sport.
Apart from two Olympic gold medals, I’m proud of finishing fifth in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2016, having never ridden a horse 12 months earlier.
A horse. I have two: Vesperal Dream and According To Sarah.
A vet, but I wasn’t smart enough.
Lots of people, mainly for being so absent from their lives while I was concentrating on sport. I’d also like to say sorry to my dad’s mum, because, aged four, I told her she was the worst cook in the world.
I would love more horses.
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