London, January 20 (Xinhua) -- The British Olympic Committee announced the list of British participants in the snowmobile event of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 20th, of which Montere Douglas will become the first female athlete in the United Kingdom to participate in both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.
Douglas won the competition between three brake runners and will partner helmsman Mika McNeil for the women's double skier at the Beijing Winter Olympics. McNeill and Moore finished eighth at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics four years ago, the best result for The United Kingdom in the Winter Olympics.
Douglas will turn 36 next week. As a women's 100m competitor at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Douglas began practicing snowmobiling in 2016 and went to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as a substitute in 2018.
As a former British women's 100m record holder, Douglas once wrote a column to the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) that the Beijing Winter Olympics will most likely be her last Olympics, but definitely not because she is too old, but because she wants to try other things in life.
"You're never too old, and it's never too late to start. You should keep dreaming, great dreams. Douglas said.
In addition, Brad Hall will lead his teammates to the men's double and four-man snowmobile competition as a helmsman. The British men's snowmobile has won a total of six medals in the World Cup this season and also reached the podium in the test match of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
"We are nearing the end of the season and now all we have to do is give our all at the Olympics. We knew the team had a chance to take the medal home. Hall, 31, said. (End)