Wrexham’s Laura Deas wins medal at Winter Olympics
A triple win took place this afternoon, as Wrexham’s Laura Deas won a Bronze Medal in the Winter Olympics skeleton event in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.
Not only did Laura achieve a medal, but she was the first Wrexham athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, and also the first Welsh athlete.
The 29yo from Wrexham finished third in the Skeleton with teammate Lizzy Yarnold taking gold – Deas won bronze by 0.02secs – with the BBC Sport video clip below:
GB absolutely nailed the #WinterOlympics skeleton 🔥#Pyeongchang2018 #bbcolympics pic.twitter.com/Y858IA8zsT
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 17, 2018
Wrexham reached international audiences again, with a name check in the commentary!
@skeletonlaura @wrexham lovely to hear 'Wrexhams Laura Deas' on the BBC coverage, fantastic Bronze medal 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🎀🥉🎀
— Riptide (@NickRiptide) February 17, 2018
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