Olympics: Competitor won bronze with broken arm

Winter Olympic medallist Alex Coomber told today how she won her bronze with a broken arm.

Winter Olympic medallist Alex Coomber told today how she won her bronze with a broken arm.

The 28-year-old, who won a bronze medal in the bob skeleton event, smashed her left arm on February 2 as she was training in Canada but kept her suspicions of a break quiet so as not to hinder her Olympic chances.

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