Winter Olympics 2018 How Dom Parsons turned a hangover cure into Olympic success Bronze medallist ruined his first GB skeleton trial by getting drunk the night before but 11 years later he is a national hero Dom Parsons shows off his bronze medal. When Dom Parsons was first invited to the Team GB skeleton trials, he got so drunk the night before that he had to pass on the running tests the next morning. But when he went down the push track for the first time, he found the ultimate hangover cure and a new obsession. Eleven years - and plenty of bumps and bruises later - that obsession was rewarded when the 100-1 outsider became Britain’s first medallist in Pyeongchang with a skeleton bronze on Friday. Dom Parsons takes skeleton bronze for GB's first medal at Winter Olympics – videoEven the sight of her son getting back to the start line at an Olympics was enough for Judith.

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2018 19:07 UTC