11:35am Thursday 4th March 2010
ALLYN Condon finally made the transformation from summer to Winter Olympian in Canada at the weekend – but admitted to walking away from the Whistler Sliding Centre far from happy.
The 35-year-old had high hopes for his maiden winter campaign in Vancouver after being announced in a new-look British-bobsleigh team consisting of pilot John Jackson and crewmen Henry Nwume and Dan Money.
However, things didn’t quite go as planned as Condon and co crashed after just two runs on the controversial track in Whistler on the opening afternoon of the four-man event.
Condon vowed to fight on despite suffering a nightmare first day and battled to finish 17th overall before putting a brave face on the British crew’s efforts.
“There is no point been down about things, crashes happen in bobsleigh and we may as well keep smiling,” said Condon – who pushed Jackson during training runs five and six of the two-man event during the first week.
“It was my first ever cash and it did come as a little bit of a shock because when you have never felt it before it is a new experience.
“The idea was if there was any sense of tipping over we would stay in the sled which we did and that made us determined to end on a high.
“Despite what happened it has been good, someone mentioned to me in the build up that I wouldn’t actually been a Winter Olympian until I had sled.”
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