Beijing Olympic Winter Games 2022: Aerial skier Danielle Scott’s unusual lead-up

Sydney’s northern beaches are her natural habitat but this former gymnast turned skier is hoping to make a big impact in the air ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

2021 World Cup medallist Danielle Scott at the Olympic Winter Training Centre in Brisbane earlier this year.

Danielle Scott spends half her life in the sun and water to be great in the cold and on the snow

The northerns beaches athlete has continued her return from a series of injuries - one which required her to spend a year out of her sport after the last Olympic Games - to post a fifth at the Ruka World Cup on the weekend.

Danielle Scot competing ahead of the Winter Olympics. Pic: Supplied

The result was a three-place improvement on her opening day at the meet in Finland for the 31-year-old from Sydney’s northern beaches who boasts two world championship medals and a raft of experience.

Scott, who has been to two previous Winter Olympics but cursed with a string of injuries since the last event in Korea, pulled out a double full-full double twisting double back somersault for a score of 89.18 points in the one jump competition.

Scott is now in Europe competing after a year spent recovering form injury and valuable training time at the new Olympic Winter Training Centre water jump facility in Brisbane.

Australian Aerial Skiers (L-R) Danielle Scott, Laura Peel, David Morris, Lydia Lassila and Sam Wellsat the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

“It’s a pretty good start to the season, just slowly building,’’ said Scott, who also competed in the mixed aerials team event that will debut at the Beijing Winter Olympics next year for a seventh place.

Scott originally wanted to be a gymnast but once she became involve din skiing has never looked back.

She is now vying to crack her third Winter Olympic team.

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