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Hello and welcome to Lillehammer. This is the host city to the second

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ever win the youth Olympic Games. You can certainly see why they chose

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it. Beautifully covered in snow but with that comes freezing

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temperatures, I can tell you. It has not stopped more than 1000 teenagers

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from more than 71 countries to taste a week as elite athletes and maybe

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win some medals. Amongst them, 16 young people representing Team GB.

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This is the story of their Olympic Games.

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Winter sports are played on snow or ice, while Great Britain has

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traditionally enjoyed plenty of success on the ice, the same can not

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always be said for snow. One athlete here in Norway but that trend to

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make Winter youth Olympic history and the senior Winter Olympic

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medallist Jenny Jones was there. I am heading to Oslo to watch the

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halfpipe because I really want to see Madi Rowlands in action, she is

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only 15 years olds and is already making a name for herself. She won

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the British Slopestyle Championships in 2013, the youngest athlete to do

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that and she is going for a medal here. This is the first time I have

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seen the halfpipe and it is not for the faint-hearted. These girls will

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have to hold their nerve in this contest.

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There is Madi at go on, she is safe. Madi just put it down, a lovely 540

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and a brilliant 720. I am really excited for you, do you know why?

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Olympic champion, Madison Rowlands. Well done, how does that feel. What

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does it mean to you at this event? Everything, I am just so happy. You

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will have the phone your mum. Yes, I will. What will you do to celebrate?

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Have a lie in tomorrow. Smashed it. So happy. Did you know she could do

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it? The macro yes. But you didn't want to say. In practice, I knew it

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was there for the taking, that has been the hardest part, to keep a lid

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on it and not get ahead of ourselves. Were you trying not to

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get too excited? I was fine. She was good. I thought there would be more

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nerves. I don't get nervous. I think I was more nervous. How did you

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actually get into skiing in the first place? My family owned an

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apartment and they chucked me on a pair of skis at about two macro and

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I grew from there. What do you love about halfpipe? It is the height,

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altitude, it is an amazing feeling. In the result in the halfpipe here,

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do you set your sights on peon Jan? Definitely on an Olympic event but I

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am only 15 so we will see how it goes, if I get there, I do, if not,

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2022 will be fine. We wish you luck with the rest of the skiing. Thank

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you. While Madi Rowlands won of gold on skis, some others could not put

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in such great performances but Iain Innes and Yasmin Cooper did gain

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knowledge from the worlds most winter sports star. Lindsey Vonn

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leads the way. This lady is absolutely unstoppable right now. ,

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Hey, guys. Nice to meet you. How is it going? How are you enjoying this?

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Will occur it has been great. So cool. We have lots of questions for

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you. How old were you for your first World Cup start and how did it feel

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to make the World Cup team? I'd -- I was 16. My coach said I was too

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skinny but to be in the World Cup at 15. I almost didn't make the Olympic

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team because I didn't have the talent. That is another thing that

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motivates me. If you want me to do well, just tell me I can't do

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something. Which of your winds means the most to you? The Olympic gold

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medal was the biggest accomplishment of my career for many reasons.

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Mainly because my family gave up a lot for me to be a racer and I

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always had the dream to be an Olympic champion since I was seven.

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I cried, I never cry at races but I cried for hours afterwards. It meant

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a lot for me and my whole family. Does it help you to come to an event

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like this where it is not a full senior Olympics? It definitely would

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have helped me, when I got to the 2002 Olympics, it was shocking, the

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magnitude of it all. If I had this opportunity, it would have prepared

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me. You think it is like a normal race and it is not. It is different.

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I am 17 and just started my skiing career, if you could go back to your

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17-year-old self, what would you say? I would say to keep working

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hard. I always thought when I was racing, growing up, just be

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determined. You speak French? You speak German as well? It is great,

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it feels more like to Europe of it, you feel more involved. You have had

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multiple injuries, what motivates you to come back from them? Reid I

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love skiing, I want to win of course but I love what I do, the last

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injury I had, there was only a 50-50 chance I would come back. When you

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are faced with odds like that, it makes you appreciate what you do. I

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love skiing and that is what inspired me this time round.

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Everyone has injuries but you have to pick yourself back up and keep

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going. Would you say there is a secret to your success? There is no

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secret, it just takes hard work. Some others are not willing to do

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that. If I have bad races, it makes me a stronger racer and person.

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Every experience leads you down a certain path. One last question, can

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I have your number? LAUGHTER Thank you, I don't know if you are

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my age, buddy. After the sliding sports, Great Britain have a great

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deal of success, particularly in the skeleton, in the last four games

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they have brought home medals and with Lizzy Yarnold and Amy

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Williamson bringing back old. It looks like the future of the sport

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is in good hands. Sometimes you are scared. Trying to go faster every

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time but it is a great feeling. All of the little tweaks, trying to be

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more aerodynamic down at the finish and having a good time, amazing.

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Good times are sadly what Ashleigh Pittaway posted all week in

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practice. Now she had to do it when the pressure was on.

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And exciting point in the skeleton race, Ashleigh Pittaway was top of

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the leaderboard in the first race but it all lies on this second run.

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Going last she knew she would have to fend off German Hannah Neise to

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take the gold medal. Until two years ago, they were national team-mates

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until Ashleigh Pittaway switched from Germany, where she was born to

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Great Britain. LAUGHTER

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She has done it, Ashleigh Pittaway has won gold for Great Britain. How

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does it feel? Amazing, I am blown away by everything. So many people

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came to watch and it is amazing. I am blown away. Your nearest

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competitor, from Germany, you are really good friends? We are best

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friends and we are happy to be on the podium together, that was our

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dream we have been dreaming about that for four years. To be head

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together and now standing next to each other on the podium is amazing.

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How does it feel now you have the gold medal around your neck? Good,

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but heavy, it is very heavy and scratched a little bit but otherwise

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I am very proud and happy. I hope to be in the senior Olympics, maybe not

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2018 but 2022. Following in the Mendis footsteps, Lizzy Yarnold, Amy

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Williams, they have all done the best. Interesting, it is a lot of

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pressure but I have already done my job.

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Ice hockey is one winter sport which is hugely popular and although GB

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did not send a team head to Lillehammer, they had one athlete

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involved in the ice hockey skills challenge, her name is Verity Lewis

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and she explained what it is all about.

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All these skills look really difficult to me, how long have you

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been playing ice hockey? I have been playing since I was eight, seven

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years. How did you get into it? I went once with my family and

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afterwards we stayed to watch an ice hockey match and I was amazed by how

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fast it was and I really wanted to start. A new experience, what has

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the experience been like? It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, the

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atmosphere is great. Everyone is so nice to each other. You make friends

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so easily, from other countries, getting to know other people is

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great. The ice hockey skills challenge, what does it consist of?

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Allen slap, skating agility, passing accuracy, shooting accuracy and puck

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control. What is the most difficult of the six skills? For me it is

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hardest shot in what I am quite small and it is hard to get a really

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good shot. Once in a few occasions I will. How far do you want to go?

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Soon I want to start playing hockey in Canada and then hopefully make it

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onto the GB women's team. I am already in the under 18 GB team but

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I hope to make the women's team and see how far we can get. I have a

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confession to make, I have never skated before in my life. That is

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all right. Bend your knees. Push out of the side and then go forwards.

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This is not a walking stick? I guess it can be used as a walking stick

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but not really. I am not as bad as I expected. One hand at the top grips

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the stick and then this one is loose. Then, backwards.

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That was pretty good. Start, on the back of your heel. Backwards behind

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you. It is like a pass, but a lot harder. That? Yes. This is not as

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easy as it looks. Thanks for the lesson. I am going to have a break.

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One more thing. Can you help me get off the ice? Sure thing. Let's go.

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Elsewhere, Team GB's mixed curlers won six of their seven group games

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to make the quarterfinals but they were stopped 9-5 by Russia. It was

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going really well, but we struggled in that game, Russia were better

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than us. I have another week in the village, I look forward to that.

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Disappointment for the team but the GB skip Ross Whyte had success in

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the mixed doubles where he was paired with China's Han Yu and won

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the silver medal. It is an incredible feeling. Not only is your

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team-mate from a different country, a different language, you cope?

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Curling is universal and luckily we can give signals. Going home a

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little disappointing but getting the medal is brilliant. Verity Lewis was

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close to making the final but missed the cut by one single point to

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finish 10th. Having already won ski halfpipe gold, Madi Rowlands was

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looking to do the double. But it was the bronze medal this time. I am so

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happy because I did not expect a place. You have a bronze medal to

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add to the gold medal, did you expect it? No. Practice was not too

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good, but I am happy, everything is fine. When it comes to bobsleigher

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you have probably heard of the two-man bob and four-man bob but at

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Lillehammer, for the first time in Olympic history, they have

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introduced the monobob. One person in a bobsleigh. Team GB never shy

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away from a new sport and they put up four athletes, including two

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world number ones. I played rugby for five years. It

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helped having the power, being able to push the weight. I was put

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forward for a trial and it went on from there. Kelsea Purchall has gone

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to the top of her sport so big hopes for her in Lillehammer.

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After her opening run, the 17-year-old found herself in fourth

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place. She followed that up with a solid second run to move into the

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middle spots. And after a tense wait, she was confirmed as a bronze

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medallists. It feels amazing. I cannot describe it, I am

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overwhelmed. I have had so much support from friends and family at

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home, from the coaches, of the Team GB members. The other number one,

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George Johnston, began the spotlight. I got to carry the flag

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at the opening ceremony. I have been followed through the games from

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being announced as the flag bearer through to competition and I talk to

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cameras a lot. At first it was getting used to it but now it is

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really fun. Come competition day, George put down a fine first run and

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at half way he was on course for a bronze medal. But glitches in run

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two meant the medal dream ended as he dropped to sixth, the frustration

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clear. Being ranked number one in the world and labelled a medal

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favourite by a lot of people and having the attention on me

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throughout the games, the expectation, the pressure got to me.

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After the first run and being in third place, I think I really

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started to get nervous and on the second run, I got a little bit too

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into it and when I got on the sled I was not able to calm down quick

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enough and I drove harder and then, due to those factors, achieved a

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slow time and fell out of the medals. No podium this time, but

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valuable lessons to take away. I have learned the biggest factor is

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not to think about the pressure and to enjoy being here. It has been a

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good experience and I would recommend it to anybody. I hope to

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go to the games but I know from the experience here, if I go to a senior

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games, I have learned to deal with the expectation and pressure better.

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If I look back at myself two years ago, I would not expect to be here

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now, coming from a rugby background. I thought I would stay in that sport

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and it has shifted quickly and I never expected it to happen.

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Slopestyle skiing is a new sport for the youth Winter Olympics. It is

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basically like skateboarding on a skate park but on slippery snow. You

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are judged on your skill, creativity and effort. Team GB put up Cal

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Sandieson will stop I am here to watch him train.

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# I've got soul. Wow, impressive. How was that? It

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was good. A little bit windy, but not out of normal. How do you feel?

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A bit tired but a late start tomorrow so it should be all right.

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What is the plan now? Probably go on the trampoline and eat a bit of food

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and then I will be done. Chilling out, and then I suppose trampoline

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is training. It is, for awareness. It is so impressive. How much effort

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has it taken you to get to that level? Robert the quite a lot. I

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have been skiing since I have been nine. Quite a while. You have to

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carry on in training and I will watch you on the trampoline. I want

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to see your best tricks. I am impressed. Let's hope the

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judges are also. Two runs to get on the podium with

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the best score counting. A good start until he was marked

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down for falling near the end. Sixth place at halfway. But room for

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improvement in run two. No slip-ups. But he was just out of

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the medals. Fourth place, how do you feel, it is amazing? Not bad, could

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have done better, hopefully, but it was really fun. I landed a pretty

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good run and I am happy with what I have done. The win to use Olympics

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are new. This is the second one and there have only been two summer

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games. At the ice hockey venue I caught up with the head of the

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Olympic movement to get his thoughts on Lillehammer and the use games

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format. -- use games.

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Thanks for coming outside the arena. It is a great sport but really

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noisy! We are in the Olympic Park, what have you made of the games? The

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games are going really great. You see excellent facilities. You see

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the weather, the athletes are happy, the organisation is flawless. How

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important is the Youth Olympic Games movement to the international

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Olympic Committee? Very important, with the Agenda 2020, one of our

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pillars is to approach the youth. We cannot just wait for the youth to

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come to us. We have to go to the platforms and areas where youth is.

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What do you hope the young people here take from these experiences?

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That they take the love and enthusiasm for sport and they take

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the social engagement with them, because if you speak here with the

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younger leaders, the change-makers, ambassadors, they are young people

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who make me optimistic for the future of sport. This is great to

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see. How do you see the future of the Youth Olympic Games movement,

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summer and winter, evolving? We have now had the first editions of this

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Youth Olympic Games. Now we are taking stock after this. We will

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make an evaluation of the four edition is. Then we will see.

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Nothing is as good that it cannot be improved. There are new sports,

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maybe we will see something like the monobob going into the senior games?

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That is one point we will have to do is discussed, how much can we take

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the Youth Olympic Games as a testing ground for the Olympic Games? We

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have seen encouraging new events. Thanks for your time. It is gold out

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here, I will let you get back inside to the hockey.

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The next board is the luge. Team GB have never won a medal in the luge.

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In the last senior Olympics no athlete was put forward and the

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sport receives no official funding in the UK, but a young man with the

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fitting title Mr GB, could be about to change that.

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Ve HE SPEAKS IN GERMAN. That blend of heritage could be the

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perfect recipe for helping Lucas in his sport. My mother is German, born

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and raised, and I grew up with the German language, it was one of my

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first languages. I am bilingual. Germany is the best luge nation and

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I travel and train with them. He has been sliding in Whistler since he

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was ten. One of the fastest, most technical tracks in the world, he

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has gone off the main slide in Whistler since he was 12. He came

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wanting to slide for his home country and he has so much

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potential. It helps Lucas is not afraid to go fast. Around 75 mph

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fast. I like the adrenaline rush. It is fun if you screw up and you have

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to think where you have got to be in tiptop shape. It is an all-round

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good sport. On this occasion he was not fast enough, although he set a

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new personal best time. I am pleased with myself, top ten is a good

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place. I can do better. My first round was not on point. I came out

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for the second run and killed it and had a really good run and it was

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awesome. His progress comes despite the fact that British luge must find

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its own money to keep going. There is a strange luxury to being part of

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an underfunded sport, it makes you tough and resilient. When you pay 35

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euros for a training track, you make sure the track is optimal and use it

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to the best. He has talent and the belief of his coach. The future is

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bright for Lucas, combined with his natural ability and what he has got.

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His arts training. If he makes a mistake he is instinctive in fixing

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it. We are excited about his prospect. That was Team GB's Winter

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Olympics. The athletes leave with medal

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successes but most important, they have lifelong memories, new friends

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and amazing experiences. And who knows, we might see these as future

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stars of the senior games in the not too distant future.

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