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Originally Posted by artwilliams
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I think it is cheating to live in a country where you almost always have snow and ice somewhere. Anyone can win if they spend a lot of time practising.
Our skeleton bob gold medal winner used to practise on a tin tray on a grassy hill and the only serious practise track we have was for the start (IE you can practise starting right, but not sliding down the track as you have to stop immediately after starting). Now that makes winning gold a real achievement!