A REJUVENATED Mica Moore believes taking part in next year’s Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics will be “really difficult” but “not impossible”.

A momentous 2018 awaits the Newport sprinter and bobsleigh ace if she can qualify for the two events, in Australia and South Korea respectively.

Moore did her chances of Commonwealths selection no harm whatsoever on Saturday when she ran a season’s best 11.69 seconds to seal 100m gold at the Welsh Championships.

Not only was it the 24-year-old’s first national title over the distance, it also gave her proud grandfather Nigel a very special present on his 82nd birthday.

And while she didn’t attain the ‘A’ standard for Down Under, her performance boosted the possibility of a second Commonwealths appearance in the 4x100m relay.

On top of that, her triumph came in the same week that she started bobsleigh training again, three months after the final World Cup meeting of last term.

Assessing the possibility of completing that historic double in the new year, she said: “It’s not impossible but it’s going to be really difficult.

“It’s still a long way away and I’ve got to put in a lot of hard work for bobsleigh, there are so many good girls, and with the athletics we’ve got to try and work really hard on our relay skills.”

Moore is enjoying her season on the track following a tough few years, and becoming a Welsh champion is a huge bonus.

“The last two years have been terrible so I’m just really happy with how I’ve been consistently running well,” she added.

“I was a bit ill a few years ago and it just took a while to get back into it.

“It sucked really, but you’ve got to stick at it and I’m really happy it’s going well now.

“It’s nice to be back running, and winning at the Welsh Championships is the cherry on the top.

“I’ve had some races that have gone really well this year and some that have been absolutely terrible, so I was hoping it wasn’t going to be another bad one.

“I was quite nervous because I felt a bit flat in the morning.

“I had to nail the start because the other girls are running really well at the moment.

“I didn’t want to be behind and chasing, I’d at least want to be alongside them and fighting for it.

“It could have gone to anyone, you had to perform to your best standard.”

She continued: “The British trials are coming up in a few weeks so hopefully I’ll have a good run there, but there’s no pressure, it’s just nice to be at that meeting.

“I haven’t given up on qualifying for the 100m and I’m still trying but relay is probably the best opportunity to go to the Commonwealth Games.

“I enjoy being able to try and get the Commonwealth Games standard because you can compete for Wales and you get more recognition when you do that.”

Speaking about the bobsleigh, she said: “We had our Olympic launch last week and we’re back in training now. Hopefully my sprinting will help with that and vice versa.”

There is less than six weeks between the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics finishing and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games starting.

The Olympics close on February 25 and Commonwealths get under way on April 4.