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Medals for Britain at Youth Games

23rd January 2012, by Chris Gill

Team GB

British pair Jazmin Sawyers and Mica McNeill finished second in the two-woman bobsleigh at the Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, claiming silver medals for Britain. And there were medals too for us in the short skating discipline.

Sawyers and McNeill were lying fourth after their first run, but the pair saved their best for last and produced a flying run of 55.66 seconds to split up the two Netherlands teams into gold and bronze positions.

Sawyers, who only took up the sport late last year, commented, “After we finished our run we thought it was going to be bronze, which would have been amazing, but to then grab silver, well there is no better moment than this in my life. Mica drove amazingly well on the second run; our first run wasn’t the best, but for her to come back and drive like she did is just amazing.”

The second GB bobsleigh team took fourth position in the event. The boys did less well: GB’s Olly Bidulph and James Lelliott came fifth in their competition.

The bobsleigh medals made it three for the GB team in Innsbruck. Earlier in the weekend, Britain won a gold and silver in short-track speed skating. Jack Burrows and Aydin Djemal were part of a mixed relay team, which was made up of athletes from different nations.

The Games suffered a few delays due to this weekend’s heavy snowfalls in the area, but generally most events have gone ahead as planned. The Games closes on Sunday.