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28-year old British athlete, Kimberley Murray, was a long-jump Olympic prospect until a hip injury prompted her to take the leap into the adrenalin-fuelled world of bob Skeleton. With a new Olympic dream in the pipeline, she’s now gunning for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Ahead of jetting to Vancouver (where she is now), Kim gave me an insider look at pre-season life as a skeleton athlete in Lillehammer, including what she gets up to when she isn’t hurtling down the ice at more than 120 kilometres an hour…