Summerhayes proud to represent the white rose at Beijing 2022

Freestyle flyer Katie Summerhayes is determined to do Yorkshire proud when she heads to her third Winter Olympic Games next month. The 26-year-old from Sheffield will represent Team GB in the women's slopestyle and big air at Beijing 2022, having started her skiing on the city's dry slope. Ad/> And after recording seventh-place finishes at Sochi 2014 and in PyeongChang four years later, Summerhayes hopes to soar even higher in the Chinese capital and secure her spot on the podium.

Beijing 2022Teenage skiing sensation Muir hoping to hit all the right notes on the Beijing slopesYESTERDAY AT 12:30 «Obviously getting to represent Great Britain is something that always feels the same, it's always special,» said Summerhayes, who knows a medal would add to the 1,000-plus achieved by British athletes since the advent of National Lottery funding to elite sport in 1997. «But I'm so proud to be from Sheffield, as well, I'm a proper Sheffield lass and I'm just as proud as to be from Sheffield as I am from GB. I really love coming from Sheffield.

»Being from the UK, we don't have mountains, we don't have snow, so every time I'm on skis, I try to make the most of it. «Which I think is great because we don't take anything for granted. When we have time off, my competitors go home to some of the best resorts in the world.

»I come home to Sheffield because obviously I love Sheffield. It doesn't have snow and mountains, so we just have to make most of every opportunity we have on snow." The next time Summerhayes straps into her skis will be in Beijing — and the weeks away from the slopes won't stop her from trying out some new tricks. She added: «There will definitely be stuff I've not done before at an Olympics, which will be exciting.