Going back, and thinking about all that happened, it's hard to believe I came out the other side strong and healthy and still racing. I'm just happy to be racing.

It was hard thinking about what had happened, as much as I tried not to. I went back to the hotel and I couldn't stop thinking about it because I was the next ranked athlete behind Grant (Hackett) and just to think 'What if I get second? What's going to happen? And that type of thing'.

I was really anemic. We still haven't figured out what happened, but as I started training harder and breathing more heavily and intensely, scar tissue started cutting my lungs and I started bleeding inside. I kept racing so it never healed. I have been working on with a breathing machine the past six months to strengthen my lungs.

I still don't think it happened. It's a big shock even now. Going from the best shape of my life to not even being able to walk was really strange. It took forever to get used to, and it still hasn't even set in.

It was nothing major. I crashed on the descent, although it was weird crashing a mile before it happened. I wasn't too happy with that.

He works hard and he tries hard. He's no-nonsense. He's got a very good way about him. I like his attitude. I like horses and people that give their best, and he fits into that category.