Britain’s most successful Winter Olympian spent four months on medication due to an ongoing back condition but she is hopeful a spinal operation will enable her to finally enjoy her success
Lizzy Yarnold avoids lingering in her sitting room because of the bad memories it stirs. She lives in a cottage 10 miles inland from Portsmouth, thoughtfully decorated, including intricate Lego models of Tower Bridge and The Simpsons’ house, constructed with husband James, and a small vegetable patch in the back garden. It is an idyllic setting but in the four months since winning a second Olympic skeleton gold it has been the scene of an agonising daily battle.
“I try not to go in that room too much because there is a grey sofa in there which I spent weeks just lying on and crying,” she says. “In the morning I’d take an industrial amount of painkillers and lay there waiting for them to take effect.”
Written by Exclusive Martha Kelner
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/31/lizzy-yarnold-i-wanted-to-scream-winter-olympic-double-gold-medallist under the title “Lizzy Yarnold: I wanted to scream ‘I wish people knew the truth’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
