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Veteran snowboarder Jenny Jones made history yesterday by winning Britain’s first ever Winter Olympics medal on the snow — and said she was struggling to come to terms with the enormity of her achievement. |
Jones, 33, claimed bronze in the inaugural women’s slopestyle competition after a second run score of 87.25, behind Jamie Anderson (95.25) of the United States and Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi (92.50).
The competitor from Bristol made a name for herself earlier in the week by revealing she used to keep a teabag in her bra as a good luck charm.
Although that has long since been abandoned, her luck, seemingly, did not run out.
“I’m just very pleased and so, so surprised right now, still, at what just happened,” she said.
“I can’t believe that I made it onto the podium.”
Jones revealed she only took up snowboarding at around 16 or 17 years of age when she had a half-hour lesson with her brothers on a dry ski slope near her home.
She said she was far from a natural but loved the sport straight away.
“I couldn’t even do a toe-edge turn,” she said.
“I really enjoyed it and decided to go and work as chalet maid so I could snowboard more often.”