but for british athlete bruce tasker, he's become acutely aware, after a crash brought on a stroke whichis place at pyongchang, but almost cost him his life. nick hope's been along to meet him. i had a stroke that was caused by a vertebral artery dissection, which is trauma caused to an artery which feeds the brain. i'd just got back home from walking the dog. i was sat actually here at the end of the day's training, and it turned into a clot in my cerebellum. the first symptom was just extreme nausea, the room wasjust spinning. the first scary part was when my arm was tingling and speech was becoming more difficult. i thought, i've seen these signs before on television, i know what to look out for, etc. ijust never quite believed that it would happen to me at such a young age. because of the duration of the nausea, i did actually vomit quite heavily, which is not nice, but i do think it got me more seen to more quickly in the a&e department. my symptoms cleared quite quickly. and after a couple of days i was completely symptom—free. yeah, as i say, i was lucky that there was no damage c