February 19th, 2010 by admin

Amy Williams won Britain’s first solo Winter Olympic Gold for 30 years with a superb victory in the women’s skeleton. Amy 27, from Bath, smashed her own track record on the way to Team GB’s first medal of the Vancouver Games in a time of three minutes 35.64 seconds.

“It’s crazy,” Williams told BBC Sport.

“I didn’t think I’d be standing here, it’s all such a blur, I can’t remember most of the last run.

“I came out at the bottom and saw our performance director Andi Schmid smiling, so I thought it must be good.

“Before the race I was OK, it was a bit weird as I was on my own in the changing room and didn’t know when to go out.

“I was a bit nervous before it but I thought I’ve got nothing to lose so I thought I’d just go out and enjoy it and it was great.”