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Interviewed by Tennis World USA, American tennis player Venus Williams said she wanted to end her career by participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but she also confessed that she would like to take part in the winter edition of 2022.
Monday 21 January 2019 3 minutes reading time
The winners of 5 Wimbledon and 2 US Open finals would like to try their hand at braking in the two-female bob, a discipline that in the past has seen many world sport stars compete.
"I would like to try to qualify for my sixth Olympics in 2020 and then I would like to compete at the Winter Olympics in 2022 with the national bobsleigh team." These are the words of the former world tennis number 1, which in case of participation in Beijing 2022 will have exceeded the threshold of 40 years.
A bombshell that shows great attention in the world of women's bobsleighing, a discipline that in the post Pyeongchang 2018 is experiencing a great crisis of participants. Currently the numbers of the Women's World Cup are quite ruthless with an average of 10 crews at the start representing just 9 national, of which only 3 actually competitive.
The surname Williams had been approached to the bob's environment already last March, when the Pyeongchang Olympic silver 2018 Elana Meyers-Taylor had expressed during an interview the desire to compete with the youngest of Williams sisters , Serena.
After all, the same Meyers-Taylor in his long career as a pilot has found in the interior of several champions from summer sports, such as' obstacle Lolo Jones and especially Lauryn Williams world gold and Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 relay with which he conquered even the '' Olympic silver in Sochi 2014.
In short, the doors of the bob are open for Venus who now has before him 3 more years to prepare for the eventual winter Olympic adventure.
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