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Athletics: Yarnold to take a year-long break from Skeleton
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by Our Sports Desk
OLYMPIC skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold will miss the forthcoming World Cup campaign after announcing yesterday her decision to take a season-long break from competition.
But the 26-year-old insists the move is part of her plan to become the first slider and the first British Winter Olympian to successfully defend her title when the next Games takes place in Pyeongchang in 2018.
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