A BBC pundit said a bittersweet goodbye to the studio after covering Team GB’s stunning gold medal double on Sunday.
Lizzy Yarnold, 37, is a former skeleton gold medalist, who was providing her expertise on the event for the broadcaster at the Winter Olympics.
She was in the studio to react to Matt Weston’s triumph in the men’s skeleton on Friday, holding back tears after his emotional win.
And once again she was there to see Weston add to his tally alongside team-mate Tabby Stoecker in the mixed skeleton event.
Not only was that the second gold of the games in Yarnold’s favoured event, but it was Team GB‘s second gold of the day, following Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale’s gold in the mixed snowboard cross hours earlier.
But after the excitement and elation of those historic moments, Yarnold had to say goodbye to the studio, and goodbye to Milan Cortina.
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BBC presenter Clare Balding commented on the broadcast: “Lizzy, what a day for you to say farewell to Cortina, eh?”
Yarnold smiled and responded: “I know, it’s been a great time.”
Balding then pointed to the games’ mascot Tina, who was posed on the desk alongside a skeleton sled.
She joked: “Look! Look what Tina’s done just to keep you happy. Tina’s on a skeleton sled.”
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Yarnold played along, using her expertise to get one more bit of analysis in, saying: “She’s loading on to the sled, the form is pretty good, she’s doing well!”
Balding then added: “Lizzy thank you, safe journey home and I hope you enjoy watching the rest of the games with your family.”
It is unsurprising that Yarnold was the first port of call when looking for an expert skeleton pundit.
She won back-to-back golds in the women’s event at the 2014 and 2018 editions of the tournament, receiving an OBE in recognition of her achievements after the latter.
Poetically, she was the first and only Team GB athlete to win two golds at the games until Weston on the final day of her Olympic coverage.