One of Britain's top snowboarders who lost her funding after a nail-biting finish at Sochi 2014 has launched a monthly razor delivery service to finance her training towards the next Winter Olympics.

Zoe Gillings needed to reach the final of the boardercross in Russia to retain her UK Sport funding for Pyeongchang 2018 but lost out in the semi-final by a matter of centimetres.

Now, faced with financing her own training and competing, she has become a rider-cum-entrepreneur and launched her latest business, PoundShaveClub, where customers join a “razor/shaving plan” to receive a razor and four blades a month in the post from £3.50 a month, or just £1 if collected from the Isle of Man or Leeds.

“It's a bit different from the usual route of getting sponsorships or something similar, but I thought I'd go down a business route and now I'm really interested in it,” said the 29 year-old. “Even if I wasn't snowboarding I'd want to continue doing it.”

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