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Winter Olympian hurtles head-first into new career | Orchard Hills Time and date of incident: 12pm on November 18 2022 It’s a world away from speeding head-first on a sled at 130-kilometres an hour along a twisting icy track but rookie firefighter Emma Lincoln-Smith is eagerly embracing her latest challenge. The Winter Olympian is one of 227 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) recruits who have graduated today from the Emergency Services Academy at Orchard Hills in Sydney’s west. 36-year-old Emma grew up in Narrabeen, a long way from the snow, and originally took up track and field athletics, beach sprinting for Surf Life Saving and surfing on the northern beaches of Sydney. She was talent-selected by the Australian Institute of Sport as a potential competitor in the snow sport of “Skeleton,” a discipline that requires a participant to sprint and throw themselves, stomach-down, onto a tiny sled at high-speed around winding ...