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Lizzy Yarnold with her medals
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Britain’s most successful Winter Olympian will deliver an online talk on International Women’s Day, on Monday, March 8 at 7pm.
The talk is part of a series of free events at Anglia Ruskin University.
Lizzy Yarnold competed in the high-speed event of skeleton.
She gained a gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and then gained a gold four years later in PyeongChang, making her the first British athlete to defend a Winter Olympic title.
Lizzy said: “I am often asked ‘How did you get into such a strange sport?’
On This Day in 2014: Lizzy Yarnold wins Winter Olympic gold in Sochi
Lizzie Yarnold won Winter Olympic Gold in Sochi (David Davies/PA)
Lizzy Yarnold shone in Sochi as she blitzed her rivals by almost a second to claim Winter Olympic gold for Great Britain on this day in 2014.
A day that had started with a trip to the top of a nearby mountain and a diet of British TV dramas ended with a 0.97 seconds victory margin over her closest rival Noelle Pikus-Pace and handing a Valentine’s card to her boyfriend, sled designer James Roche, at the finish line.
Chippenham-based skeleton ATHLETE Laura Deas celebrated a bronze medal at the 2018 Pyeong Chang Winter Olympic Games Photo: British Skeleton WITH less than a year to go until the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Chippenham’s Laura Deas believe a strong team spirit is putting British skeleton on the right track to bring more medals back to their University of Bath training base. Seven skeleton medals have been won by Bath-based GB sliders during the past five Winter Games - dating back to 2002 - including bronze for Deas during a historic women’s race at PyeongChang 2018 where team-mate Lizzy Yarnold successfully defended her Olympic title.
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How challenging was 2020 for you?
“It was quite a year of change, I think, because I finished school, and then obviously with the COVID-19 situation, it was quite different. But I actually managed to train more than I used to, now that I have finished school. And I think for me, in terms of sport, it was quite a good year just because I had more time to focus on it.”
Now we’re in 2021, it’s been five years since you competed in the Winter YOG Lillehammer 2016. How do you look back on your time there?