Racer Jackie Narracott’s silver on Saturday pushed country to a fourth medal in Beijing
Jaclyn Narracott of Team Australia slides during the Women's Skeleton on day eight of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing, China, February 12 2022. Picture: ALEX PANTLING/GETTY IMAGES
“It is a fantastic morning,” Australia chef de mission Geoff Lipshut told reporters in Zhangjiakou on Sunday. “It was [an] absolute thrill last night. It was history-making.” Until recently, Australia’s travel bans, border controls and 14-day quarantine requirement for international arrivals proved hugely disruptive, forcing many Games hopefuls to tear up their training and travel plans.
Australia had a skeleton programme from 2006 to 2014 but shut it down because it failed to reach its benchmarks, said Lipshut. After the Covid-19 pandemic ended a coaching partnership with the Canadian skeleton team, she lent heavily on her British husband, Dom Parsons, who won a skeleton bronze at Pyeongchang, to help her prepare for Beijing.
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