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Members of Britain's victorious Winter Olympics curling team reflect on their win in Salt Lake City in 2002 and assess the side's prospects for Turin in February.
Then
The Fife-based star was listed as the team's alternate for Salt Lake City but played every game as third and deputy skip in place of Margaret Morton. Knox also competed at Albertville in 1992 when curling was a demonstration sport.
I remember more of the final now because I've watched it so often, but the actual night went by in a bit of a blur. On the way to the medal ceremony in Salt Lake City someone passed me a phone and I answered a load of questions, but I didn't have a clue who it was. It turned out it was Radio Five Live and when I did something for them one New Year they played back the tape of that interview. I was obviously highly excited. At that point all your media training goes out of the window.
Now
Knox, 37, is one of the two remaining stars from Salt Lake City, along with skip Rhona Martin, to make the team for Turin. She lives in Lochgelly with partner Scot and twin daughters Anna and Beth and works in administration for a pension company.
It's great to get the chance to go back as a champion but there's loads of pressure on us to do well from the media. I'm confident enough to say we'll beat a lot of teams but we have to step up a mark to reach the semis. Our form hasn't been great in the build-up. It's been difficult putting five individuals together. If everyone's goal is an Olympic gold medal it shouldn't be a problem but it's harder than you think, especially with females. It'll be strange going back to the Olympics without Fiona and Janice. Maybe Fiona did the clever thing and retired because it's a lot of time and a lot of pressure. But for me it's worth another shot. I didn't want to give up.
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