Sochi 2014: Blue Peter's Radzi Chinyanganya on the skeleton

From slick-bottomed sleds to sticky-backed plastic, Radzi Chinyanganya has had quite a journey. Now a Blue Peter presenter, the 26-year-old could instead have appeared on the BBC this winter as part of Great Britain's squad for Sochi 2014.

Here he tells BBC Sport how he almost represented his country in skeleton, and was reunited with the sport after a three-year absence:

You couldn't feel more alive than when you finally get to stand at the top of the run and prepare to go down.

Every sinew in your body is saying 'panic'. Your instinct is either to fight or take flight, and neither helps.

When you are going down, it is like a racing game on a computer. Everything is happening so fast all you want to do is pause and reset.

You have an urge to scream and let out that tension and emotion, but you have to focus on what is coming up next. There will be big consequences if you don't.

And then, when you finally come to a stop, you just want to do it all over again.

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