Rudman urges young athletes to be 'smart' and 'pragmatic' as lockdown eases

The former skeleton star shot to fame at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where she claimed a silver medal for Team GB after beating Canada’s Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards by 0.35s on the Italian ice. Rudman, 39, then went on to enjoy considerable World Cup success as she won overall silvers in 2008-9, 2009-10 and 2010-11, before going one better to finally scoop gold after topping the overall standings following the 2011-12 campaign’s conclusion in Calgary. And after capping off skeleton nirvana with a 2013 World Championship triumph in St. Moritz, Rudman is now urging those athletes seeking to follow in her footsteps to take things slowly as the lockdown is eased. She made up for lost time with alacrity, however, and hit the heights in Turin under four years later with a thrilling performance that sent all thosE watching in her local village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, into raptures. And as other young athletes now plot to emulate her journey to the skeleton summit, Rudman says the current lockdown situation may have been a blessing in disguise for many aspiring stars. She made up for lost time with alacrity, however, and hit the heights in Turin under four years later with a thrilling performance that sent all thosE watching in her local village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, into raptures. “It’s an opportunity to put a strategy in place for next time too, as you just don’t know what’s around the corner.” With the global sporting calendar remaining uncertain, many SportsAid-supported athletes are in period of limbo as they prepare for the return of competition.

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