British cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave was forced to cut short an interview after vomiting moments following his event at the Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy. The 35-year-old Scot finished sixth in the men's cross-country skiing race on Friday, clocking a time of 21:06.3, his best-ever Olympic result.
Musgrave, who wore a lighter vest due to warmer temperatures, explained the incident: 'Quite often with shorter, harder races, when we push with super-high lactic acid levels, I sometimes have to vomit at the end. That’s always a sign I have pushed it hard. It just came a bit quickly so I had to go for a little spew there.'
Despite the strong finish, Musgrave expressed mixed feelings about his performance. 'I’ve got mixed feelings. The position is fairly decent and I was feeling good. But when I’m out training every day, it’s not sixth spot I’m dreaming of. I’m not going to go and party tonight and pop the champagne or anything like that,' he said.
He praised his wax technicians for providing excellent skis and admitted he may have pushed too hard on the final lap. 'It was hot so you don’t want to go out too hard because it’s easy to push a bit too hard and then die. But I pushed a bit too hard on the last lap and those last two hills I was absolutely dying,' he added.
Musgrave, who is not yet considering retirement, said: 'I don’t know. I have no plans for when I’m going to retire. I love skiing. I love training. There’s nothing else I want to do. I don’t feel any reason to think about retiring at the moment. But whether I’ve got another four years in me, I don’t know. We’ll see.'
