Natasha Hansen takes a break during training at the Olympic Park Velodrome in London. Picture / Mark Mitchell
If there's chaos in the skies over Southland over the next couple of weeks, don't blame Natasha Hansen.
The Invercargill-based air traffic controller has arrived in London to prepare for her first Olympics.
The 22-year-old sprinter has come from a long way back at the turn to win a place
at the London Olympic Games.
Before last year, BikeNZ effectively didn't have a women's sprint programme, but Hansen teamed with Dunedin's Katie Schofield to try to force their way into the team sprint.
A Schofield wheel-spin at the Melbourne world championships put paid to those dreams, but Hansen, who finished 13th in the sprint, did enough during the season to make it in as an individual for both sprint and keirin.
