WorldSkills 2022: Lancashire engineering whiz set for Shanghai showdown at global ‘skills Olympics’

By Jack Marshall
Published 15th Jul 2022, 04:55 BST
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For Abigail Stansfield, her journey to Shanghai started in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham back in 2017.

It was there that she was inspired, enraptured by WorldSkills UK Live, the mecca of engineering talent where competitors face off in what has been dubbed the ‘skills Olympics’. Five years on, she’s eyeing the podium herself.

Born and raised in Chipping in the Ribble Valley, Abigail was captivated from an early age by a fascination with how things were put together.

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