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Hi everyone,
Chemmy here.
Just want to thank everyone for all the great support i received at the OLYMPICS.
It was immense, tough and exciting. Did you see the women's DH? I think it was one of the best sporting events i have ever witnessed, so to say i was a competitor and finish 13th was incredible!!
Sadly funding issues got a little on top of me at the end. Instead of focusing on the GS i was worried about how i was going to finish the season and how to continue my form to becoming first ever british racer to ever make World Cup finals in SG. The pressure got too much - i felt like the future of British skiing was depending on me skiing fast. I took on more than i could chew and i braced and the result was disappointing.
But it has been a tough 4 years with time in a wheelchair having had surgery, missing most of last season with a broken ankle and of course losing my mother.
But i am a fighter. I have proved that time and time again. I know i can to it - I just neeed stronger self belief and to relax.
I mean 11th and 13th in the biggest event in the world is pretty huge but still there is more in the tank!
Anyhow chat soon
love
Chemmy
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chemmy Alcott, welcome to the posting side of  's and well done!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Chemmy Alcott, Great to see you here Chemmy, you can rightly be proud of yourself - very impressive given the funding (or lack of) issues!
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| Chemmy Alcott wrote: |
| I just neeed stronger self belief and to relax. |
At times like these Jagermeister is your friend 
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Chemmy, must be an awesome experience to take part in the Olympics. You did great.
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Chemmy Alcott, welcome to
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Chemmy Alcott, we're proud of you. What you do makes me proud to be a Brit. Welcome to
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Chemmy Alcott,
Reiterate everything thats been said, I watched every race with pride.
Keep the belief !
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Chemmy Alcott, well done and welcome.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi Chemmy!
We were really proud of you and it was great meeting you. Becks & Maddy send their love!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hi Chemmy,
Well done on all you've achieved and welcome to snowheads
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I just neeed stronger self belief and to relax.
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Thats exactly what Kerrin Lee-Gartner said in her commentary on one of your runs, you've got the skill (well we all know that!), we all believe it so it must be right!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I used to email chat with a newsreader while she was on air.
To prove it was really her I asked that she pick up the pen on her desk, pass it from hand to hand and put it down again.
She did....I was convinced.
So Chemmy....pick up a ski pole and pass it from hand to hand during your next televised race....then I'll believe it is really you
Until then, giving you the benefit of the doubt....well done, keep it up, believe in yourself and get it on.
P.S. Thanks for the signed photo you sent via your brother to my daughter, and say Hi to him from me.
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Chemmy Alcott, welcome to !
I can't imagine what the pressures must have been like given the build up, but your DH run was a pleasure to watch.
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Great to have you here Chemmy, and well done chuck!
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Oh, how we all wanted to be a Start Marshall......
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Hi Chemmy, don't normally post here much but just had to say WELL DONE!
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Chemmy Alcott, Sorry its late, but welcome to the madhouse. We were all routing for you in the Olympics. Standing in a small bar in Switzerland at the time cheering at the big TV we were watching. The kids still talk about skiing with you in Hemel Hempstead. Hope you enjoyed the honey!!
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Ooops, obviously busy in the bar and have missed this 
Chemmy Alcott, My favourite bit of the Olympics was seeing you wipe away Vonn's tears, spoke volumes about you as a person. The skiing was pretty damn fantastic aswell. Well done on your achievements and good luck with the funding.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I mean 11th and 13th in the biggest event in the world is pretty huge but still there is more in the tank!
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Huge? Actually a stunning achievement considering the circumstances.
Having watched Ms Alcott spend time coaching kids and other strange people at Hemel I have to say that she is the perfecvt role model for any sporting superstar. Good luck Chemmy.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chemmy Alcott, Superb effort and a great Olympic result. Welcome to snowHeads.
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My favourite bit of the Olympics was seeing you wipe away Vonn's tears, spoke volumes about you as a person.
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Surely Super Jules' tears  after the drama queen wrecked her first GS run with her hurt little finger.
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Chemmy, I thought your efforts at the Olympics were fantastic, v well done. The focus that you have and the grit/ determination required to be mentally prepared, combined with the physical strength and skill are amazing.
I consider myself a reasonably strong skier and can throw myself down most pistes at speed, but would be a mile off your pace............... 13th fastest in the world, from a country with no pistes, very little support from National Government (unlike Austria, Swiss, US etc) is amazing. I was surprised when I saw the documentary on BBC Ski Sunday how little support you do get, and how you have to rough it, and are then expected to perform - WELL DONE YOU!
I know its probably been said many times but you deserve better from our UK sports in support, and the Lottery Fund. I guess your friend Ms Vonn has plenty of funding from the US team - ever thought of doing a "Girardelli" and skiing for Liechenstein or Luxembourg etc? - don't expect you to answer that here but worth of consideration.
WELL DONE - have a great summer, look forward to watching you again next winter
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