London 2012 Olympic Games: Kat Driscoll believes she could make the Rio Games in 2016
08:00, 10 August 2012
Kat Driscoll says her first experience of Olympic Games competition has given her the taste for more.
The 26-year-old Walderslade-born star finished an agonising ninth in the trampolining competition at the North Greenwich Arena on Saturday afternoon, with only the top eight reaching the final.
However, it has not put her off a second crack at Olympic competition and she refused to rule out an assault on the final in Rio in four years’ time.
The former Gillingham Jumpers star said: "I wasn’t really sure what to do after the Games. I thought that going to the Games and being able to say you’re an Olympian would be enough but once you have a taste of this, you want more.
year."
"I’m not going to commit now and say ‘yes I’m going to Rio’. I feel like my body can do it and my mind can do it, so I’m going to take it year by
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