PARIS – Adele Nicoll has travelled a long way from the person who was “sad” and “rather lost” in 2020, to the extent she has a live chance of achieving the rare feat of competing in both a Summer and Winter Olympics.

In that relatively short space of time, the multi-talented 27-year-old has twice been crowned British shot put champion in 2022 and 2023, and in a polar opposite to that discipline, competed in the world bobsleigh championships in 2024.