Winterberg World Cup 8 2008

10TH place! Another top 10, but but but….it could have been better! As always, ifs and buts don’t matter when the result has come out, it is as it is and that’s all that counts! I could have pushed better on the first run, I know that and go away from this race angry to get focused and perform at the World Championships in a couple of weeks! I know now that when I get it right I can be on the podium, and the races I don’t quite get right still have me in the top 10, so I’m optimistic for the future!
Overall I have finished 6th, which is a great World Ranking this season (the World Championships are a separate competition to the World Cup and don’t affect your World Ranking even though they are yet to come). Kristan Bromley won the World Cup for Great Britain this season after a great 2nd run under pressure today, so well done to him! I hope to be wearing the World Cup Leader jersey myself at some point in the near future!! The British mens team is also number 1 in the World this year!

Konigsee World Cup 7 2008

9th Place, so another top 10 and I maintain my overall World Ranking of 5th! I felt pretty dissapointed immediately after the race as I has been 4th after the first run but dropped back to 9th after a few skids in critical sections of the track that bled speed! More consistent podium finishes will come with more experience, I'm sure of that! Kristan Bromley is proving this theory with another 2nd place to stay number one in the world with one race left!
Amy Williams did well with a 5th position, and I was asked to commentate on the girls race as it was the day before the mens. The picture is of me in the commentators studio, overlooking the finish area with the big screen and enthuiastic crowd which is always at World Cup events in Konigsee! Annie O'Shea had an amazing crash out of Kriesel, which gave great fuel for commentating and some great footage that I'm sure we'll be seeing for years to come!!