Lizzy keeps cool after gold double
Lizzy Yarnold will take time to consider her future having spent the morning after her historic second skeleton gold knitting and watching a murder mystery drama.
The 29-year-old on Saturday overcame dizzy spells and a chest infection to become the first British Winter Olympian to win successive titles.
Yarnold took a year-long sabbatical in 2016 to be refreshed for Pyeongchang and Beijing 2022 may be a step too far, prompting retirement. Yarnold would not be drawn on it yesterday.
“I think I’ll take a break. I need to get over my chest infection first. I’ll take a break and get back to you,” she said.
Now the most decorated British Winter Olympian – above figure skaters Jeannette Altwegg and pair Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who have one gold medal and one bronze each – Yarnold reflected on her achievement.
“As each minute passes it becomes more of a reality, but it still is an unbelievable series of events, of everything just coming together,” added Yarnold.
“There’s a whole dream of if everything goes right... ‘if I do this, if I get this corner, if that transfers, if the speed comes, everything will work magically’. I guess now it’s just relief that everything did go to plan.”
James Woods came agonisingly close to claiming Great Britain’s historic fifth medal yesterday, finishing fourth in the men’s ski slopestyle, just 1.4 points off bronze.