19th Place "A Gold For Me" Says Chemmy on Sochi Olympic Performance
Started by J2SkiNews in Ski News 12-Feb-2014 - 21 Replies
J2SkiNews posted Feb-2014
Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia jointly won the Ladies Downhill at Sochi this morning, both recording times of 1:41.6. No silver medal will be awarded with another Swiss racer, Lara Gut, taking bronze. A tie for first place is unusual but not unprecedented, being last recorded in the 1992 Albertville Games for the women, and 1998 Nagano Olympics for the men. Chemmy Alcott finishing 19th, 1.86 seconds off the pace.
"After what I've been through, it's amazing justice. I'm swelling with pride and I'm on a buzz. When I made the commitment to come here it was about personal goals. I never put any statistics on it, if I had then top 20 would have been massively over superseding what I expected. I've done this against all odds and I'm very proud. I know it sounds crazy to some people, but 19th is a gold for me. Anyone who has followed what I've been through will understand that," said Chemmy
"Chemmy is in her final Winter Olympics. One of only two Brits in the alpine skiing. She is happy to have raced in this Olympics and to currently be in the top 20. She is just happy to have got down. I'm really proud of her, after all her injuries," Emma Carrick-Anderson told the BBC.
Chemmy, who has raised all the money she needed to cover training and competition herself since British funding for downhill racers was withdrawn, has been training with the Norwegian squad, placed 11th in the Downhill at the Turin Olympic downhill in 2006, then 11th in the Super Combined and 13th in the Downhill at Whistler in the 2010 Vancouver Games.
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Stevie999
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1st to 20th Gold medal
21st to 49th Silver
50th onwards Bronze.
Sorry Chemmy but 19th is 19th. Nowhere.
Snapzzz
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stevie999 wrote:
Sorry Chemmy but 19th is 19th. Nowhere.
But a few hundred thousand places above your ass.
19th is nowhere in the olympics but 1st in the UK. How about you?
What is it with some that just want to put down others?
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