Gold medalist at the 2009 FIBT World Championships, Nicola
Minichiello, believes that London 2012 will help create a
more successful GB Winter Olympics team.
Minichiello spoke to Sportsvibe at the Sky Sports Living for
Sport awards and admitted that she is looking forward to
seeing the after effects of London 2012.
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News - Ski & Snow posts
Team GB win 3 medals at Junior Winter Olympics
The Great Britian junior Winter Olympics team have won 3
medals, after winnign silver in the female bobsleigh
competition on the final day.
Mica McNeil and Jazmin Sawyers won silver, while their
teammates the GB second team, Kirsten Emerson and Frances
Slater finished fourth.
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It is virtually impossible to ignore the fact that the
Olympics are less than seven months away. We have constant
reminders that the very best athletes from around the world
will soon descend on our shores to compete at the very
pinnacle of their chosen sport.
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Suspicion of snow is a peculiarly British trait. Globally
speaking, in the most generalised manner, the winter season
is embraced as a time of cooperation, community and cheer. In the UK, however, the gift-giving formalities of Christmas
Day simply distract, as melancholy prevails with the
beginning of the new year.
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Shelley Rudman wins European Bronze
Britain's Shelley Rudman beat the weather to take third
place in the women's skeleton event at the European
Championships in Germany. Bad weather in Altenberg reduced the event and the men's
two-man bobsleigh to a single run. Germany's Anje Huber took gold in a time of 59.
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Gillings Confident Of World Cup Podium Finish
British snowboarding star Zoe Gillings is brimming with
confidence ahead of the forthcoming World Cup event in
Austria.
The British number one finished 10th in the opening round in
the United States and has spoken of her aim of achieving a
podium when the next round starts on January 10.
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Austria's Marcel Hirscher has taken the lead in the World
Cup overall standings after claiming his second win of the
season in a slalom in Alta Badia on Monday.
Hirscher was fastest in the first leg and attacked the
second to record a combined time of one minute 47. 16
seconds.
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Olsson Quickest Again During Downhill Training
Ahead of Saturday's race at Val Gardena, Sweden's Hans
Olsson led downhill training for the second successive day. The 27-year-old from Mora registered a time of one minute,
57. 48 seconds on the Saslong course, five seconds quicker
than his first run on Wednesday. Second was Austrian Klaus Kroell, 1.
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Defending World Cup champion Tarjei Boe claimed his first
win of the season by winning the 10km sprint in Hochfilzen,
Norway. The 23-year-old, competing in his homeland, claimed the
sixth victory of his career even though he missed a shot in
the standing position. He recorded a time of 23:52.
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GB Announce Squad for Winter Youth Games
Great Britain have named 23 athletes that will represent the
country at the inaugural Winter Youth Games in Austria.
British athletes will be involved in alpine, cross-country
and freestyle skiing, bobsleigh, ice hockey, figure skating
and short-track speed skating.
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