she competed in the 100 metres at the beijing summer games in 2008 and she ll be brakewoman in mica mcneill s two woman sled, four years after she was the team s reserve in pyeongchang. douglas says she s excited to be returning to beijing. i definitely didn t expect to be doing a different sport, going to another olympics and a winter olympics at that. honestly, the last five years of my transition into bobsleigh have been incredible, very challenging, but i ve had a great team around me, and thatjourney alone has just been brilliant. and to go back to beijing, as you said, it s exciting. england s women have it all to do when they face australia on saturday in their second game of the multi format ashes series, after losing the first match a t20 in adelaide by nine wickets. they are chasing a first ashes success since 2014 and started well. danni wyatt weighed in with 70 runs. england were 137 1 at one stage, but then tahlia mcgrath stepped in. three wickets from her swung the
england began well, danni wyatt with some huge hits getting 70 runs. england were 137 fori at one stage, but then tahlia mcgrath stepped in. three wickets from her swung the match in australia s favour. and then mcgrath starred with the bat, dominating the england bowlers. a partnership of 144 runs with meg lanning steered australia towards victory. mcgrath was 91 not out, lanning unbeaten on 64. montell douglas will become the first british woman to compete at both the summer and winter olympics after being named in the team gb bobsleigh squad for beijing. she competed in the 100 metres at the beijing summer games in 2008 and she ll be brakewoman in mica mcneill s two woman sled, four years after she was the team s reserve in pyeongchang. douglas turns 36 on monday, she said there had been many male summer and winter olympians and she was over the moon to be representing women , adding she was more thrilled about leaving a legacy like that
i m really, really disappointed, very frustrated. tough, tough loss for me, that s for sure. this is an important yearfor me for a number of reasons and i want to perform well in the big events. for me, tonight is not good enough. making the second round of slams is not something ifind particularly motivating. montell douglas will become the first british woman to compete at both the summer and winter olympics after being named in the team gb bobsleigh squad for beijing. she competed in the 100 metres at the beijing summer games in 2008, and she ll be brakewoman in mica mcneill s two woman sled, four years after she was the team s reserve in pyeongchang. douglas says. she is excited to be returning to beijing.