WHEN Anna Henderson first dreamt of competing at an Olympic Games, the image she had in mind was of a Winter Games and alpine skiing.

Henderson will have a chance of being Britain’s first medallist at these Summer Games when she makes her Olympic debut in the women’s time trial on the streets of Paris on Saturday, but before taking to two wheels the 25-year-old was Britain’s junior national slalom champion.

“When I was really young I think [a winter Olympics] was the original childhood dream,” Henderson told the PA news agency. “Slowly I realised I wasn’t that good, I was at a good level as a junior by British standards but not compared to the other countries that have snow.