Bobsledder back on track after stroke

Team GB’S Bruce Tasker was ruled out of the Games last month after suffering a minor stroke.

The 31-yearold collapsed at home and went to hospital suffering with dizziness and nausea. He was subsequently transferred to a stroke unit in High Wycombe.

He said: “I’m gutted not to be able to conclude the four-year cycle by going to the Olympics but I’m very grateful that I’m still fit and healthy.

“I’m still sore, but otherwise I feel fine. I’m set to make a 100 per cent recovery and I already feel as though I’m most of the way there.”

Tasker is expected to resume training with the squad later this year and has insisted that he will travel to Korea if there is any chance of his receiving a retrospective Olympic medal from Sochi 2014.

He was part of the four-man crew which finished in fifth place and is in line for an upgrade after two Russian crews that finished ahead of them were handed doping bans.