Sports Winter Olympics

”You’ll have to go home!” Eddie the Eagle reflects on getting kicked off the England ski squad

Great Britain’s most famous Winter Olympian Michael ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Edwards reflects on his journey to the 1988 Calgary games. Edwards, born and raised in Cheltenham, reveals one of the many setbacks he had to overcame in his pursuit of ski success. A then-Alpine skier, the 58-year-old was beginning to make a name for himself […]