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On our TV screens, shes all smiles even in the heat of the competition, but what makes one of GBs Paralympic stars fume? Ahead of Sky Academys latest documentary on the Sports Scholars, Olivia Breen gives a magical insight to life on and off the track.The 19-year-old Welsh sprinter has been getting her head down during the winter and is set to start a new season hoping to make the GB team at her second Paralympics.How does she reflect on the London Games? What stars would she invite for dinner? What does she do to wind down?WATCH: I am Olivia Breen - aired on Sky Sports 1, now available On Demand via sky GoOlivia is one of 11 Sky Academy Sports Scholars and with her outdoor campaign soon to get under way, shes answered a few personal questions. 1. WHATS THE MOST ANNOYING QUESTION YOURE ASKED?How do you spell your surname?... I get asked that all the time.2. DO YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT RUNNING?I have dreamt that Ive won a individual gold medal - I hope it comes true!3. IF YOU WERENT AN ATHLETE WHAT WOULD YOU BE?I really like fashion and Id like to be a window dresser for a fashion store. Id also really like to work with children. Olivia describes the 100m as explosive and exciting 4. IF YOU COULD RACE AN ANIMAL OR FAMOUS PERSON WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?I would like to race against Christine Ohuruogu as she is the best 400m runner in the country. I think she could teach me lots of things.5. DO YOU EVER THINK OF STRANGE THINGS BEFORE OR DURING A RACE?I sometimes think about what food I will eat after my race.6. WHATS THE GREATEST FEELING YOUVE EVER HAD DURING A COMPETITION?Running a personal best and knowing that I have done everything I can do and that it all went to plan.7. AND THE WORST? Knowing that you have done wrong and that I could have done better. Olivia soaking up the atmosphere at London 2012 after winning bronze 8. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDSHappy. Determined. Lively.9. DO YOU HAVE ANY NICKNAMES?My little brother calls me dizzy because he couldnt say my name when he was little.10. DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS WHAT ITS LIKE RUNNING THE 100M? Fast, exciting, powerful and explosive.11. WHAT ARE YOUR MEMORIES OF LONDON 2012?It was the best night of my life and I can remember everything. The noise when any British athlete was introduced was amazing. I couldnt believe the support. Having 200 people from my school and seeing their green blazers was so inspiring! I was young and didnt have much pressure. I just enjoyed every minute and finding out that we had won a bronze was the best and happiest moment of my life. Ill never forget it. Jessica Ennis-Hill is a huge inspiration for Olivia 12. YOU SEEM TO BE A HAPPY PERSON - WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY?Dont be fooled! I am normally happy but if someone does something mean to me or someone I love then it makes me angry and I find it hard to forgive.13. IF YOU WERE AN ANIMAL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?Dog (spaniel) because they are happy, friendly, lively and a bit mad!14. WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU INTO?Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna and Britney Spears.15. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES? Shopping and seeing my friends.16. WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR MEDALS AND TROPHIES?I have got my trophies in a cabinet and medals in my sock drawer. Listening to Rihanna helps to fire Olivia up 17. WHICH FAMOUS PEOPLE WOULD YOU INVITE TO DINNER?Jonathan Ross, Boris Johnson and Usain Bolt.18. WHOS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION?Jessica Ennis-Hill - she came back from injury to win Olympic gold and she came back from having a baby to win World gold.19. YOUR GREATEST FEAR?I hate spiders. I have been woken up with a spider in my bed - it was so scary.20. WHATS THE BEST THING SOMEONES EVER TOLD YOU?That I had been selected for the Paralympic Games in 2012.21. 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Once on firm ground toward a second straight trip to the postseason, Toronto now sits 10th in the East, trailing Columbus and Detroit for the final two wild card spots with only eight games left to play. Skidding for nearly two weeks without even a single point they are in danger of fumbling away what seemed like a sure thing. Fear of that reality, it seems, is slowly infecting the group. "Well, certainly were afraid of letting it slip away," Joffrey Lupul conceded after a 5-3 loss to the Blues, the Leafs winless since Mar. 13. "The whole year we thought we were a playoff team and we still believe that now." At this moment, however, they are not. And what once seemed unthinkable as recently as two weeks prior when they stormed through California has now become a very real reality. The Leafs may not make the playoffs and they know it. And that fear of fumbling it away is driving the nerves of a flailing group. Head coach Randy Carlyle observed "tenseness" during the first half of Wednesdays game, one that saw St. Louis completely manhandle their sinking opponents, especially so in a dominant first frame. Big, hard, fast and strong, the best team in the West controlled possession of the puck almost without exception, peppering Jonathan Bernier with 23 shots while scoring the first two of four unanswered. "Its like we were frozen for 30 minutes of the hockey game," Carlyle said. "We didnt pick up the puck and skate with it at all. And thats showing signs of being nervous, tense, [lacking] confidence, not wanting to make a mistake which led to more offensive zone time [for the Blues]." Only when the score tilted at 4-1 did they start to push back and in a well-repeated theme, muster the kind of tenaciousness and enthusiasm required for winning at this time of year. Carl Gunnarsson and James van Riemsdyk scored to slice the deficit to one, but like those rallies in each of the previous five losses, the Leafs ultimately ran out of time. Desperation was just a little too late. "Right now it seems like when we get down then were playing with no fear," Lupul said. "Theres something to be said about being down and not having that fear anymore, but realistically weve got to play like that right from the start. Its more of a psychological thing than it is a physical thing for sure." Whether they can overcome that imposing mental hurdle and recover in time to make the playoffs remains an increasingly uncertain question. With stumbling starts, glaring defensive breakdowns, inconsistent offence and poor goaltending, theyve found ways to lose hockey games in rapid order and are feeling the pressure from it. Losing six straight for the first time since the infamous 18-wheeler collapse in 2012, the Leafs now they sit on the outside of the playoff picture with a daunting weekend set ahead against the Flyers and Red Wings. Their fate could be determined in a matter of days. "Theres reason for concern, but its not completely time to panic," Lupul said. "Were still right there. Weve got a game Friday, we play Detroit [on] Saturday, you win those two games and all of a sudden things look a lot different." Five Points: 1. Berniers Back Even Bernier – making his first start since Mar. 13 – couldnt rescue the Leafs from the Blues. And he tried. The 25-year-old was spectacular early on, turning away the first 20 St. Louis shots in a one-sided opening frame. He eventually ceded four goals on 48 shots. It was just his third loss in regulation when facing 40 shots or more (8-3-2). Bernier had missed the previous five games with a groin injury, rushing back to stabilize the Leafs wobbling crease. "Lot of work, but felt okay," he said afterward. Stretching constantly, in between whistles and during TV timeouts, Bernier was seemingly shy of 100 per cent, but surely felt the need to return with his teams chances of reaching the postseason flailing. Asked if he rushed back from the injury, Bernier said, "You always want to be back as soon as possible." "It was a little sore obviously, but I was just trying to get it loose a little bit in between whistles and timeouts." 2/3. Ready to Start? Scoring first didnt help the Leafs much on this night. They scored the first goal for the first time in eight games with Lupul tucking a Nazem Kadri pass beyond Ryan Miller on a power-play, but it was down-hill from there. Alrready owning possession for much of the period to that point, the Blues tied the proceedings at one when T.ddddddddddddJ. Oshie squeezed a rebound through the pads of Bernier. They went in front for good on the first of three from David Backes on a power-play, Dion Phaneuf failing to clear the puck adequately. St. Louis had 23 shots for the period, the most Toronto has allowed in any one period this season. "Thats a heck of a hockey team over there," van Riemsdyk said. "The way they play, lines 1-4, [defence] pairings 1-3, theres not much of a falloff. They kept coming. Thats no excuse for us. We have to find a way to get off to a better start." Strong and sturdy, the Blues cycled and cycled and cycled without giving the Leafs even a taste of the puck. "We couldnt break their cycle," Lupul said. "We couldnt get the puck." It was the kind of grinding performance Carlyle would like to see more from his team in Toronto. "They did a lot of things that were trying to convince our hockey club to do as far as hanging onto the puck a little bit more," he said. "We understand were not as big and strong and as physical as some of those teams that are able to do that, but thats more of the style this time of year – if you watch the games – thats whats being played." The Leafs are now 8-20-4 when they trail after the opening period. "Again we played 30 minutes of hockey tonight and showed that we can play, but wheres the 60 minutes?" Carlyle said. "We cannot afford to not start the way weve been starting. We have to have more of an effort or consistent, confident start than weve had in these games." 4. Phaneuf Phaneuf played fewer than 21 minutes and had what may have been his worst game of the season. The Toronto captain was on the ice and largely responsible for three of the first four St. Louis goals, having what Carlyle described as a "rough night". The 28-year-old made his first error late in the first, fumbling away an opportunity to clear the puck on a penalty kill, the Blues regrouping to score the first of three from Backes. Then early in the middle frame Phaneuf lost a puck battle with Alex Steen in the offensive zone. Lagging to get back defensively, he was beaten down the ice by Backes, the Blues captain eluding Bernier for the third St. Louis marker. About 10 minutes after that it was Steen muscling Phaneuf to the ice just outside Berniers crease, shaking free to whistle a backhand just under the bar for a 4-1 lead. Phaneuf was unavailable to media after the game. 5. Six-Game Skid Losing a bunch of close games, prior to Wednesday night, Lupul believed the Leafs had actually played better at points in their slide than in many victories this season. "Absolutely," said Lupul before the loss to St. Louis. "We track scoring chances – our team does – and were out-chancing teams every night. You can look at that and say were doing some things right, but its the time of the year that that doesnt really matter anymore, its all about wins. Youve got to translate that into getting more wins." The 30-year-old observed that the margin for winning and losing at this time of year is "really close". "Its been a topic of discussion in here," he said. "Were generating chances. Were not giving up near as many as we have, but were coming out on the wrong side of the game so that doesnt really matter. "And on the flip side when we were winning games and getting out-chanced we were saying the same thing in here, like come on, what are we doing? But now its the time of the year that it doesnt really matter how you get the job done it just needs to get done." Stats-Pack 1-7-0 – Leafs record in the past eight games. 23 – Shots allowed by the Leafs in the opening period Wednesday, the most of any period this season. 8 – Fights for David Clarkson this season. Pointless now in 23 of the past 25 games, Clarkson fought Brendan Morrow in the second period. 7-23 – Tyler Bozak in the faceoff circle against the Blues, hammered by the combination of Steen and Vladimir Sobotka. 1 – Six-game losing streak for the Leafs this season. 2 – Goals for James van Riemsdyk in the past 12 games, van Riemsdyk notching his 28th this season in defeat. Special Teams Capsule PP: 1-3Season: 21% (3rd) PK: 2-3Season: 78.5% (28th) Quote of the Night "Theres reason for concern, but its not completely time to panic." -Joffrey Lupul, following the Leafs sixth consecutive loss. Up Next The Leafs travel to Philadelphia on Friday to meet the Flyers before hosting the Red Wings at home on Saturday. ' ' '