BBC presenter Aimee Fuller will be all in one piece when she covers the Winter Olympics this month, despite fearing she had 'lost her boobs' when competing in the Games four years ago.
Fuller, 30, represented Great Britain in Sochi in 2014, but it was in Pyeongchang four years later where the snowboarded looked in medal contention having qualified for the final for the slopestyle final.
The event is notorious for the risk taking involved, and Fuller was some 40 feet in the air when she was caught in the strong winds and plummeted chest first into the snow.
Fuller knew her chances of gold, silver, or bronze had evaporated before she even hit the deck, but upon impact it wasn't a medal that she feared leaving South Korea without.
“My first thought was ‘Oh my God. Do I still have my boobs?’ It was brutal. I knew how lucky I was to still be in one piece," she told The Sun.
Fuller, who was fifth in the world rankings at the end of 2017, added she knew at that point her career was over, despite only being 26 at the time.
“When I hit the snow I kind of knew that that was it. I thought, ‘I’m going to be on TV instead’.
“I had been doing lots of TV training — anything I could to get good at it — and I never competed again after that Olympics.
I didn’t want to put my parents through the stress of it any more.
“Even though they are always super-supportive, for anyone it’s difficult watching your child doing something so dangerous.”
Four years previously in Russia, Fuller had divided opinion after joining the BBC commentary team for the final of the same competition, having been herself eliminated at the semi-final stage.
She was analysing live on air when teammate Jenny Jones was a bronze medal, a unique moment given it was Great Britain's first ever on snow.
Fuller, and co-commentators Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood, made no secret of their support for Jones during the competition, and cheered loudly when a rival fell, meaning she was was guaranteed a medal.
The incident drew more than 300 complaints to BBC bosses, but it didn't stop the channel from seeking the services of Fuller this time around in Beijing.
