Former gymnastics ace Nile Wilson backing Winter Olympic-fuelled videos to capture the hearts of the nation

Nile Wilson is as determined as ever to continue challenging the nation to get active with the release of four new Winter Olympic-fuelled vlogs.

Wilson, 26, became the first Brit to bag an individual medal on the horizontal bar when he picked up bronze at Rio 2016.

The former gymnast since retired in 2021 following neck surgery and has instead turned his attention to getting kids and adults involved in sport through his energised, action-packed YouTube content.

Following the overwhelming success of his National Lottery-powered Summer Olympic series – that featured taekwondo, skateboarding, BMX, climbing and diving – Wilson was once again challenged to try four Winter Olympics sports and document the experience on his channel, which has racked up more than 1.5 million subscribers.

Curling, skeleton, snowboarding and short track speed skating are now on the agenda and Wilson hopes his innovative content can be the catalyst for greater participation in sport.

He said: “For kids coming up, and even for adults, just taking part in sport is something I’m so passionate about. It’s like a dream job trying all these unbelievable sports.

“The other part of our message is that as gymnasts, we’re so aware of our bodies that we can pick up these sports really quickly.”

But as Wilson found out, even for a former Olympic gymnast, some sports are easier to master than others.

“Snowboarding’s up there with the toughest so far,” he admitted.

“Even using the button lift, to just put this thing between your legs and slide up the slope was so difficult. It took me ten minutes with loads of cuts and bruises. It was the hardest part of the day.

“Curling’s quite self-explanatory. We were pretty good at that.

“But if there was a sport I’d