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Exclusive: Double Olympic champion heaps praise on former rugby player for becoming only Britain's second ever male world champion

“It was a lot harder after winning last week as there was added pressure. Keeping your nerves stable is already difficult enough when you’re about to run as fast as you can off an icy hill!"

"So much of Skeleton is mental, you need a certain amount of inner bravado to continually throw yourself down the run. My confidence took such a hit that I genuinely didn’t know if I was any good at the sport any more"