4th place! And 2nd overall, so I've qualified for the World Cup team! I'll take the result, but I was pretty lucky; and unlucky in the same breath! On the morning of the first two runs we were competing at 7.45 and it was snowing! Maybe it was the early morning or the extra cold, but I pulled my back warming up! I was quite pleased with my reaction - I was in tears! It showed how much qualifying for the Olympics means to me, as a bad result here would mean missing out on vital training at the new Vancouver track this season and chances of success at The Games would have also diminished!
Once again it was extremely close! And I was lucky that Andy Wood had a tough time of things which enabled me to pip him to the 4th spot. Chris Type performed extremely well, beating Adam Pengilly to 2nd place, with Kristan winning overall. The picture shows Skeleton can sometimes give you some bumps! Sean Dunstan with a nasty ice burn, luckily he's one of the Navy Skeleton team so was tough enough to slide again that same day!
Amy Williams and Shelley Rudman are on the girls World Cup team, so I'm looking forward to heading out to Lake Placid with them next week for training on the 2009 World Championship track! In the mean time some quality injury management is need back home in Britain to look after my back and be fighting fit for the season!
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Glad the photo is not you, get your back better and we wish you a speedy recovery.
Sport at this level is high pressure, high tactics and luck.
Good luck from the Boatshed.com team
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