Montell Douglas column: Beijing 2022 will be very different to Beijing 2008

Montell Douglas is a bobsleigh brakewoman on the Great Britain team, heading to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She is also a former sprinter for Great Britain, competing in the 100m and relay at the 2008 summer Olympics, also in Beijing. This is her third BBC Sport column.

On Thursday, I made the Team GB Beijing Winter Olympic team, making me the first British female to be selected to compete at both a summer and winter Games.

I haven't really had a chance to reflect on that or my selection yet, and I probably won't until we're on the plane to China as that's the only time I'll have nothing else to do!

I had a lot of media to do that day, it was a double training session day as well, so I was doing interviews between sessions at the track. But I'm so appreciative and so honoured by the reaction.

We received our Team GB kit on Friday and that was really exciting for us as a team. I had my team-mate Mica McNeill try on each piece of kit to show us because I wanted to nap, so I ended up sat there in my recovery boots as she modelled all the pieces, all of us deciding our favourite pieces.

I really like the kit, the sets are beautiful. We obviously didn't have the normal kitting out experience, but the priority is to stay safe.

Right now we are in a holding camp in Bath until we fly to Beijing. It means we can get in some good training on our push track, which is almost a direct replica of the start profile for the track in Beijing.

With Covid-19, the testing protocols are pretty rigorous and there is lots of paperwork to do. Unfortunately, we can't go home to say goodbye to our families and get our home comforts, and we're taking extra precautions by not being out at the shops around other people, so there are lots of