and the winter youth olympic games are under way in lausanne — and tomorrow britain's theo collins will for 28 years to compete in an olympic long—track speed skating event. it's been a far from easyjourney 16—year—old collins, though, with the sport receiving no funding in the uk. bbc olympic reporter nick hope is in switzerland for us. st moritz is one of the most iconic winter sport venues in the world. but while its frozen lake may be beautiful, it can be brutal, too. because the ice is moving, cracks develop and it is quite scary going around and seeing big cracks, which is not ideal. but you know, it is an exciting experience. st moritz is an incredible place with a lot of history. and it is great to be competing here. people in the uk will have heard of short track speed skating, this is long track speed skating so tell us how it is different and what you love about it? short track speed skating is done on a 111 metre rink. you've got four to six people skating against each other in a race. long track is on a 400 metres rink and there two people skating just to get the fastest ti

tomorrow theo collins will become the first british long track speed skater to take to the ice in 28 iconic winter sport venues in the world. but while its frozen lake may be beautiful, it can be brutal, too. because the ice is moving, cracks develop and it is quite scary going around and seeing big cracks, which is not ideal. but you know, it is an exciting experience. st moritz is an incredible place with a lot of history. and it is great to be competing here. people in the uk will have heard of short track speed skating, this is long track speed skating so tell us how it is different and what you love about it? short track speed skating is done on a 111 metre rink. you‘ve got four to six people skating against each other in a race. long track is on a 400 metres rink and there two people skating just to get the fastest time and overall, the three fastest times will be the people on the podium. the top ones get up to speeds of 35 miles an hour which is really impressive. yeah, it‘s great fun. 1992 was the last time great britain had an olympic competitor in a long track speed skatin

hockey has delivered two silvers and two bronzes in mixed team events with long track speed skater theo collinsnning silver in the mixed team sprint final. one of those ice hockey medallists amy robery — and some of her teammates — have been giving us a little tour of their digs in lausanne. hi, guys, it is sophie and daisy from team gb. we are at the athletes' village. we are going to show you around. this is our lovely view. this is the vortex. this is h o. is our lovely view. this is the vortex. this is h 0. hello! is our lovely view. this is the vortex. this is h o. hello! this is hq. at the start of the games we started —— hq. at the start of the games we started — — chose hq. at the start of the games we started —— chose an individual goal. have fun and meet new people. there's also a game we play which is where you can go and walk around the village and it has the village on the app and you try to find pens. when you find them you have to a nswer when you find them you have to answer a question. it is pretty cool answer a question. it is pretty cool. it is a good game first up is like po

and the winter youth olympic games are under way in lausanne and today, britain's theo collins will becomec reporter nick hope is in switzerland for us. san moritz is one of the most iconic winter sport venues in the world, but while it's a frozen lake may be beautiful, it can be brutal too. because the ice is moving, cracks develop and it's quite scary skating around and seeing big cracks next to you, which isn't ideal but it's an exciting experience. san moritz is an incredible place with a lot of history and it's great to be competing here. many people will have heard of short track speed skating, this is long track speed skating, this is long track speed skating, how is it different? it is done on a 111 metre rig when you have a6 people skating against each other and long track is over a00 metres and two people are skating for the fastest time and overall the three fastest will on the podium. the top riders will get up the podium. the top riders will get up to a5 mph, which is really impressive and it's great fun. 1992 was the last time great britain had an olympic competitor in a long