Vicky Wright, general surgical nurse, who works on a part-time basis to aid her sporting career is looking forward to her first trip of the new year, which will only add to a sensational 2021.
Wright, 28, has been selected in Team GB’s five-strong women’s team for Beijing 2022 after helping Eve Muirhead’s Scottish rink secure a qualifying spot in the Netherlands last month.
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Wright, Muirhead, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff, also from Forfar, selected for the games alongside alternate Mili Smith, racked up five consecutive triumphs to bounce back from a slow start and follow up November’s European hegemony in Lillehammer.
Curling has long been one of Britain’s most successful Winter Olympic sports, with Rhona Martin’s storied ‘Stone of Destiny’ at Salt Lake City 2002 firing Team GB to their first Winter Olympic gold medal since for 18 years.
‘Chess on ice’ enjoys a cherished national status whenever games-time rolls around and Wright, who juggles her career with a job as a staff nurse at Forth Valley Hospital, can’t wait to revel in the spotlight when she descends on the Chinese capital at the start of February.
She said: “You’ve just got to embrace it and enjoy it.
“I’m very excited and it’s so magical to finally be announced. After everything we’ve been through, to get here and get the job done is brilliant.
“With work in the NHS and Covid-19, it’s very much a case of me getting the best of both worlds. I get to play Olympic sport and I get to work as well – it’s a dream to do both.
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