Bobsleigh - The push for Pyeongchang starts on concrete

British Olympic bobsleigh hopeful Sam Blanchet, a former professional rugby player, and other British athletes practice their starts at Bath University's bobsleigh push track using a sled on rails, in Bath, Britain, December 14, 2017. Picture taken December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Alan Baldwin

BATH, England (Reuters) - The push for Winter Olympic glory becomes concrete right from the start for Britain's aspiring bobsleigh and skeleton athletes.

The dry push-start track at Bath University in south-west England gave Amy Williams, skeleton gold medallist at the 2010 Vancouver Games, a first taste of the sport and Sochi 2014 champion Lizzy Yarnold has honed her technique there.