The Bath Bullet is now also the Bath Bobsleigher and Jason Gardener admits his attempt at breaking into winter sports was one of the best things he has done in his life.

Considering Gardener won Olympic gold at Athens in the 4x100m relay and is a former world indoor sprint champion that is not a statement to be taken lightly.

The 33-year-old took part in the British two-man bob championship along with fellow ex-athlete Dean Macey and, after just a couple of weeks of training, finished sixth.

Gardener's exploits are revealed in full in an hour-long documentary on BBC One on Monday at 10.35pm.

Competing in the winter Olympics after his earlier summer Olympic exploits would have put Gardener in a select band of athletes.

But he had already embarked upon a career working for UK Athletics and with a young family to raise he could not commit to spending six months abroad training each year.

Gardener said: "We met up with the producers and the idea was really appealing to me.

"Having trained at the University of Bath I have seen a lot of the bobsleighers training themselves and noticed they do some similar things.

"I had watched the sport on TV and obviously seen the film Cool Runnings and I thought I would give it a go."

Gardener was first teamed up with former cyclist Craig Maclean while decathlete Macey was the driver for ex-rugby player Dan Luger.

But after an early crash breakman Gardener linked up with Macey.

"I did have a pretty bad crash with Deano," said Gardener. Going round the last four bends at an average speed of 72 mph on my shoulder and head wasn't great.

"But it was a great experience and to come sixth in the British Championships was incredible. It was one of the best things I have ever done.

"My love for the sport is definitely still there."

However, the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year will take place without Gardener.

"My situation, unlike Deano's, is that I have a young family and I have been retired for a while and the sport requires 100 per cent commitment and about six months away from home each year," said the man who once clocked 9.98 seconds for 100m.

"I have a career with UK Athletics but Deano may be keen to take it further."

Great Britain ended the 2008/9 skeleton World Cup series with two women in the top five of the world rankings.

Pewsey's Shelley Rudman finished in second place overall with Bath team-mate Amy Williams in fifth after the eighth and final round in Park City in the United States.

Rudman came eighth in Park City while Williams came close to a second medal of the World Cup campaign in fourth. Both will now turn their attention to the World Championships in Lake Placid, where the skeleton starts on February 26.