With another Commonwealth Games on the horizon, Nicoll is confident she can transition successfully back from winter to summer sporting pursuits.
With British shot put titles in 2022, 2023 and 2025, Nicoll will seek to take that form onto a bigger stage as she looks to improve on her eighth place finish in Birmingham in 2022.
“In the last few years I’ve shown that I can go away for the winter and come back,” said Nicoll.
“Bobsleigh gets you in phenomenal shape, even if you don’t want to do sport, if you train like a bobsledder, you’ll be the fittest you’ve ever been in your life.”
Nicoll says she transformed herself as an athlete – losing 20kg of bodyweight – developing the strength and speed to move the 175kg bobsleigh.
“I’m the strongest, the fastest and also the most mentally resilient I’ve been because lifting bobsleighs in -20 degrees is not fun,” she explained.
“Pushing through those moments, it is a phenomenal sport and it has happened to complement athletics very well.
“It will involve sensible decisions, strategy and prioritisation, if I can keep up with shot put alongside it then fantastic.
“Bobsleigh has very quickly become my priority and I’ve got more ambitions than Milan-Cortina, I want to go on and win Olympic medals.”
