Pupils at a Warwickshire school watched nervously as a former pupil crashed out of the Winter Olympics in Italy.
Niall Treacy, 25 and from Alcester, fell in the heats of the 1000m short track speed skating after colliding with a Canadian competitor, but still has chances of a medal in the 500m and 1500m events.
He was being cheered on by current pupils at his old school, St Benedict’s Catholic High School in Alcester, after the head of PE organised a watch party.
The teacher, Kieran Alford, said: “This is for them to see that an ex-student can get to a top level in sport, compete, and that might be them one day.”
