This is Kent --ALL eyes will be on Lizzy Yarnold next week as she hurtles down an ice track at 90mph in pursuit of Olympic gold.
The 25-year-old jetted off to Sochi on Sunday as Britain's hottest Winter Olympics prospect since Torvill and Dean back in 1984. How the girl from Sevenoaks handles the pressure and the weight of expectation on her young shoulders could make the difference in her bid for glory.
"There is a lot of expectation but all I can do is keep calm and focus on the job I can do," Yarnold said.
"I just have to go into this race and everything that comes with it, it's a really exciting experience, I've always dreamed of competing in the Olympics and I want to make the most of it.
"These two weeks are two I will never have again in my life. I will never have a first Olympics again. I want to enjoy it and have fun. I know, when I do that, I slide my best."
She thinks the Russians, with home-town advantage will be strong, while American Noelle Pikus-Pace has pushed her all the way this year.
Britain's Shelley Rudman will also be there or thereabouts, while the Canadians are always in the hunt. But she knows, if she slides to her maximum, she is the best in the world.
"It's hard to compare Sochi to other tracks. I've not had so much experience. It's a good track – left, right, left, right, it's quite a lot of fun and easy to get down.
"The lower section is high pressure, fast corners, linked together. There's not much time to think. The bottom section is different, quite uphill and corner 14 has a 16 percent rise.
"The last three corners are all about maintaining as much speed and being as aerodynamic as possible.
"There's a lot of work still to do to learn the track. I've only had 30 or so runs in Sochi and I've got to be totally on it in practice. There is a lot of work to do before the Olympics but I don't go into any race to come second."
It has been a sensational few months for Yarnold. Still a relative novice in skeleton terms, she has taken the sport by storm this season, finishing on the podium in all but one race, en-route to the overall World Cup crown. She admits it has all been a bit of a blur.
"Now I'm going to Sochi and I know I won't appreciate the experience until a long time afterwards," she said. "I haven't really appreciated the World Cup results. You usually race on a Friday, pack up and move on. You can't really savour it. I'll need a breather and I'm sure, after a few months, it will all sink in."
For now she has the British sporting world cheering her on. The likes of Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Matthew Pinsent have wished her good luck messages and she has been on the BBC Breakfast News before any mention of Premier League football. Yarnold is very much in the limelight.
"It has been mad," Yarnold said. "To know that my sporting heroes know my name is very, very surreal."
It could get a whole lot madder for Yarnold on Valentine's Day.
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