Bobsled bronze medallist Phylicia George is back in sprinting form
OTTAWA — Four months after she pushed Kaillie Humphries to bobsled bronze at the Pyeongchang Olympics, Phylicia George has rebuilt her body into a lean sprinting machine.
George will race the 100 and 200 metres at this week’s Canadian track and field championships, and sitting trackside on Thursday, she was noticeably leaner than the well-muscled woman who stood on the bobsled medal podium in South Korea.
The metamorphosis back to track athlete, she said, took a bit longer than expected.
“The transition hasn’t been as easy as I thought it would be, if I’m being 100 per cent honest,” George said. “First, losing the weight. I’m probably only now where I should be. Also because you put muscle on, you don’t just drop muscle out of nowhere. So, that was hard.”