A Former Greenhill School pupil will be doing his utmost to win a medal for Team GB in the two and possibly four-man bobsleigh events at the forthcoming World Championships in Konnigsse, Germany.

Pembrokeshire’s Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon will be looking to go one better than their showing in Igls last season when they came close to bagging a bronze medal in their fourth-place finish.

After this week's action, the four-man competition will take place on February 25 and 26, with the final make-up of those GB crews to be announced next week.

The full squad had already been announced, with Lamin Deen and Hall set to pilot the four-man sleds and Tasker and former Olympic gold medallist Mark Lewis-Francis among the men competing for a place.

Talking about the demands of an international bobsleigh, Tasker said: “I love what it demands from you. Being the pilot, obviously there is more pressure and responsibility on you to get down the track as fast and as safely as possible.

What sort of adrenaline rush do you get?

“It’s huge. I’ve been doing it for seven years, the thrill is always there. One thing you never learn from it, is it never dies, but I’m getting more comfortable with it. I still get a huge rush from it with every run I do, it’s exhilarating.”

What’s the demands on the body?

“It’s stressful. Again you get used to it, when I started I was getting lots of niggles and injuries. When you train you need to be explosive and powerful as every hundredth of a second counts.

“That means a huge amount of work in the gym and a lot of work on the sprint track. When you are seated in the sled the G-force is immense, which puts huge demands and stress on the body in quite an uncomfortable position.”

How do you handle the responsibility?

“You try not to think about that too much. Obviously no one wants anything to go wrong. My aim is to get down the track quickly and safely.

“It does play on your mind a little bit, but in order to do what you got do, I have to blank that out and focus on the task ahead.”