Jackie Narracott made history this year, becoming the first-ever Australian to win an Olympic medal in a sliding sport -- which also covers sports such as Bobsleigh or Luge -- when she secured a silver medal in women's skeleton on the "Ice Dragon" course at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in the 2022 Winter Olympics. 

It was not only a momentous moment for the 31-year-old but also Australia: her medal lifting the nation’s total in Beijing to 4 -- the highest total Australia has ever achieved at a Winter Olympics.

In conversation with ESPN’s Marissa Lordanic, the Queenslander discussed her journey to becoming the second-best women’s skeleton racer in the world, as well as the difficulties associated with competing in a Winter Olympics in the midst of a global pandemic, her long and arduous journey to the top in a sport that exists very much below the radar in Australia, and much more.

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