KING’s College student Ed Himbury is the number one youth bobsleigher in the world and has high hopes for the Olympics qualifiers.

He travelled with the Great Britain squad to Lillehammer, in Norway, for six days to train on the Olympic bobsleigh track and to took part in selection races for the Olympic qualifiers.

Great Britain was the strongest nation and, by the end of the week, there were five athletes who were the strongest starters – three British pilots (including Ed), the other two coming from Romania and one Brazil.

After the initial series of runs, Ed finished with silver just behind the Romanians.

On the final day in the last race, Tenti, from Romania, was the clear favourite but Ed moved clear of the opposition, including fellow GB pilots to take gold.

Ed said: "We have had a fantastic time here in Lillehammer.

"When I collected my gold medal, with the British national anthem playing, it was a very surreal feeling but one that left me with a huge sense of accomplishment.”

Ed now finds himself ranked number one in the world this season for the youth age group, with a score of 220.

Coming away from the competition as one of the top three British athletes, Ed is now looking ahead to competing at the Olympic qualification races.