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understanding what drives the best luge, bobsleigh and skeleton athletes in the world
Athletes in lockdown: Ashleigh Pittaway
Ashleigh Pittaway interview: “It isn’t the same training at home vs. in a high performance gym.”
Team GB skeleton racer and former Youth Olympic Champion Ashleigh Pittaway gives us an insight into quarantine life as an elite athlete.
Anna Fernstädt
Anna Fernstädt interview: “It’s good for you as an athlete, but also for your sport, and that’s even more important I think.”
2018 Junior World Skeleton Champion Anna Fernstädt rounds off our social media series and explains that what’s good for the athlete can be good for the sport.
Chris Mazdzer
Chris Mazdzer interview: “Put it this way, from June 2015 to June 2018 – so for the last 3 years – there were only three times where I spent more than two weeks in a single location.”
Chris Mazdzer, the first non-European to win a medal in men’s luge singles at the Winter Olympics, talks about the relentless cycle of training and competing, and how the summer break isn’t really a break at all..
Olympic Reflections: Mica Moore
Mica Moore interview: “Every time I go to the shops and I’m trying to buy some sneaky cakes I always get caught by someone with well wishes for me from the Olympics!”
Team GB brakewoman Mica Moore talks about the return to normality and reflects on her national best performance at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Olympic Reflections: Laura Deas
Laura Deas interview: “For our programme it’s all about winning Olympic medals so I was happy to prove that the investment in us was well spent”
Skeleton bronze medallist Laura Deas discusses her Pyeongchang Winter Olympics experience and the importance of getting on the medal podium.
Eyes on Pyeongchang: Mica Moore
Mica Moore interview: “Honestly, to reach the Olympics feels like a dream!”
Team GB bobsleigh brakewoman Mica Moore discusses her journey to the upcoming Winter Olympics and the financial obstacles she and pilot Mica McNeill had to overcome to get there.
Eyes on Pyeongchang: Mica McNeill
Mica McNeill interview: “Remind yourself every day why you are working so hard.”
The Team GB Olympic bobsleigh pilot talks about the motivation needed to qualify for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and overcoming last minute financial hurdles.