Zoe Lyons
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And I spoke to him and he was saying, you know, he wanted to be in the downhill part.
the British downhill team, but he wasn't good enough.
So he thought, well, rather than give up completely, he went, what's nobody doing?
And they were like, ski jumping.
So that's where he went.
Have you ever stood beside a ski jump?
Oh, my God.
I mean, when you stand beside the ski jump, it is terrifying.
My dad lived in Norway for a while and there was one round the corner from him.
And when you see the structures, you're like...
The thought of standing at the top of that and just letting go.
I think I remember that one.
Because he was massive.
He was absolutely massive.
Skiing.
I love stories like that.
I was watching the most recent Paralympics, Winter Olympics, and there was a Haitian skier with one leg doing the downhill or the super G. And I just thought, what an incredible skier.
What an incredible achievement.
You know.