Dec 3 : Nearly three decades ago, Helen Williams was part of a team led by future curling great Rhona Martin which was hoping to represent Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

However, she injured her ankle the year before and missed those Games - a twist of fate which would set her down a different path and send her halfway around the world.

The Scot moved to Australia for what was meant to be just one year, but she never returned, settling in Perth and building a new life Down Under.

Now, 28 years later, her Olympic dreams are once again within reach, but this time she will be decked in green and gold when she leads Australia's women's team at the final qualifier for the Milano Cortina Games.

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