In many ways !

sometimes especially during exam season, but we are sure that with some sacrifice and certain training sessions one can succeed in both.

Indeed, once during our Physics O Level exam, we first went for first paper then later competed in National Championships, where we did Personal bests, then afterwards we went for our Paper II exam and finished off the day with some more training at Marsa. It was a stressful day but we were happy that we managed to do it, together with our father driving us from one place to another. This goes to show that during exam time it is important that one does not stop his athletic season to focus only on academic studies. It is important to balance both of them and adapt to the circumstances. We managed to get a good grade in our Physics exam!

You are well disciplined, well mannered, distant from limelight and sponsors and yet you are achieving so much. You attended St Michael School, a Church school which embraces discipline and manners. Do you think this school was a great tool to form your characters? Did you find a great difference at the Junior College? How did the transition process go? Was it quick to adopt to a new reality? How are your studies going? Both of you made another swap from football to athletics, how about that?

We sincerely thank you for the kind words. Above all, this reflects our parent’s work and encouragement as they do their best for us to succeed in all means. Choosing St Michael School for our secondary education was a very good choice. Here we were surrounded by loving and caring people who prepared us to be kind, humble and diligent students and also encouraged us in every way to pursue our goals. It surely was a different element when we started at Junior College as this was a larger school with a different study system.

We managed to cope with the different system, however it can’t be compared to the loving atmosphere we had at St. Michael School, which still encourages and congratulates us in our achievements. At the moment, we are studying Pure Mathematics and Computing as A-Levels and Philosophy, English and Physical Education as Intermediate Level at Junior College.

We used to do a lot of sports when we were very young, firstly introduced by our parents. We used to train football for 10 years with Birzebbuga Windmill Football Club Nursery, practiced swimming for 7 years and also tried other sports like: Handball, Basketball, Weightlifting with Starmax and also gave Regatta and indoor rowing a try. The main transition however was from football to athletics. Football was interfering with athletics as we were encountering some injuries in football. We then found out our potential in athletics and decided to pursue our talent in athletics with Starmax. It wasn’t an easy decision but then we realised we can go further in athletics than football in Malta and also go to World level.

At a young age it is good to try a lot of sports which can help you develop and also increase your experience in different sport entities, however at a certain age one needs to find a sport which he wants to progress in due to time and injuries.

You form part of Starmax, a small club too and you train by yourselves. Do you find this as advantageous or limiting your full potential? At times, we all know, we end up in a comfy zone quite easy during training so I guess more athletes to compete with during training can help, do you agree or so far since the system worked handsomely in twos, it's fine?

We started training with STARMAX under Coach Mark Farrugia around 8 years ago and during our training sessions we never felt that we were limited to perform our best due to lack of competition. Rather STARMAX has introduced us to a lot of people, not just local athletes but also foreign athletes from different cultures, which we feel helped us a lot during training.

We found that our club has prepared us a lot not just physically but also mentally by following other STARMAX Athletes like Coach Thomas Farrugia, Nicole Gatt and Josann Attard Pulis who also had their own mark in Athletics here in Malta. Their experiences have helped us both to overcome circumstances we come across during our athletic career.

Most of the times you are seen together and it is visible to all that you bode well with each other. There is a strong bond indeed. How do you feel each other's absence? Do you do everything in couple or each one his own? What are your ambitions for the future in athletics and in your career?

We do most of the things together because we share the same passions. We train together, we have the same group of friends, and we have always been in class together in school except for this year. Everyone needs their ‘alone time’ sometimes, but when for example one of us is abroad we feel a bit distant from each other. Last year, when we both were abroad for different competitions, was the first time that we were apart from each other for 3 weeks. We could only communicate with each other via our phones.

Not having your twin brother who you used to have pre-race talks with and share most of the time with, makes it hard sometimes, especially during competitions abroad alone.

We feel that we have an advantage because we understand each other perfectly and we can relate so much with each other especially during training. We joke with each other, help each other and push each other during training to try to get the most of our training sessions.

We wish to pursue a career in computing outside of athletics in the future.

Our dream is to maybe one day share our Olympic experience together!