Chemmy's Last Olympic Race
Chemmy's Last Olympic Race
Published : 15-Feb-2014 04:30
Chemmy Alcott made her third appearance of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games earlier today, competing in the Ladies' Super-G.
She finished 23rd in a time of 1:29.14 minutes and immediately after crossing the line looked less than pleased with her final Olympic race. Chemmy Alcott (Alpine Skiing)
On her race, Chemmy said,
"I should have managed my expectations a bit better but I just know if I could do it again I would be a lot better. I saw a lot of the girls skiing pretty and round so I took some risks and they paid off until the last pitch. I just made a judgment error and had to battle down."
"You choose your own fate and that [crashing out] wasn't going to be my fate. I was going to fight down and get my best result ever, that is how I think. Ski racing is a brutal sport to go out on your best race ever is the golden day but I don't think that golden day happens that often."
Commenting on the course Chemmy said,
"It was brutal, you had ice at the top to deal with then it was gripping and then there was snow at the bottom. I knew that wasn't going to suit me because you haven't got any feeling on this and I haven't got any feeling anyway."
Alcott had previously finished 19th in the ladies' downhill on Wednesday and had previously raced in the downhill section of the super Combined using it as a training run.
The only British downhill racer at the Sochi Games, she had previously competed at the Salt Lake, Turin and Vancouver Olympics.
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