Connolly dreams of 2010 winter wonderland

FORMER sprinter David Connolly is taking the long route to Winter Olympic glory as he prepares to represent Ireland in the men’s skeleton.

The 25-year-old from Wicklow is one of the four-strong Irish team selected with the specific intention of building towards the Vancouver Winter Games in four years' time.

Interest was stirred by Clifton Wrottesley's unexpected fourth place in the skeleton event in Salt Lake City and the Olympic Council of Ireland targeted Connolly as a natural successor.