{"id":25713,"date":"2018-02-20T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25713"},"modified":"2018-02-20T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:29:46","slug":"cardiffs-mica-moore-starts-bid-olympic-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/cardiffs-mica-moore-starts-bid-olympic-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff\u2019s Mica Moore starts bid for Olympic medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF\u2019S Mica Moore is competing today in the women\u2019s two-man bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea after posting quick times through the three training days.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahead of today\u2019s running Moore and her pilot Mica McNeill have posted times good enough for second and third place across the three training days, boosting their hopes of fighting for another Team GB medal.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former sprinter almost didn\u2019t make it to the games after the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton association withdrew their funding last September five months before the games.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This was despite funding being retained to send three male teams to the games.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However the duo set up \u201cGet Team McNeill to the Olympics\u201d fundraising campaign, with the drive raising \u00a325,000 over the first three days.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The events kicks off at 11.50 (GMT) and will run until 13.45.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each team competing will complete four heats on the track \u2013 two today and two tomorrow \u2013 with the quickest total time over all four heats taking the gold.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF\u2019S Mica Moore is competing today in the women\u2019s two-man bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea after posting quick times through the three training days. 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