Featured Picture: Chemmy Alcott racing World Cup. Credit score: GEPA
In episode 26 of the Snowboarding is Believing podcast’s summer time sequence, Matt and Alan spoke to one among Britain’s finest feminine ski racers of all time and former velocity specialist, Chemmy Alcott.
Chemmy shared with Matt and Alan the sensational ups and downs she endured at varied instances all through her profession and the unbelievable variety of accidents that hampered her profession.
Extra particularly, she emphasised the true feelings of ski racing when, as soon as recovering from an damage previous to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she wanted to supply a lead to a FIS World Cup race in St. Anton. Tune into the episode to search out out what occurred and the way shortly her profession concluded after that occasion.
Chemmy additionally expressed her emotions about gender equality in ski racing and the way she believes alpine ski racing is best than most sports activities.
She concurrently highlighted the necessity for everyone to look after the planet from a local weather perspective so we will proceed to observe high-level alpine snowboarding all winter lengthy. Chemmy has been an advocate for each of those points, that are evidently being addressed throughout most sports activities.
Matt and Alan additionally requested Chemmy how she made the transition from an athletic, ski racing profession right into a broadcasting profession. She instructed them that it wasn’t the smoothest transition, however she now feels that she is actually attending to grips with it after a number of seasons. She has labored for the BBC community by means of two Winter Olympics and a number of seasons, presenting the 45-minute packages for Ski Sunday.
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