'Golden Curl' in debt hell.Byline: By RON MOORE SKINT skint Adjective Slang without money, esp. only temporarily [variant of skinned] Adj. 1. skint - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" broke, bust, stone-broke, stony-broke Olympic champion Rhona Martin is relying on social security handouts after a bitter split from her husband. Rhona, 42, dubbed the "Golden Curl" when seven million Brits watched her lead the Olympic Curlers to a Gold medal in the 2002 Winter games, had to sell her home and move into a council house when her marriage crumbled. The mum-of-two said: "I lost it all, we'd to sell our home to pay the debts." Rhona, who will represent Britain at next month's Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, parted from husband Keith after his business failed, leaving her penniless. The couple, who have two children, Andrew, 10, and Jennifer, 13, are now living apart from each other after selling their plush home in Ayr. She said: "The DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S pays part of my rent and if it wasn't for funding from the Scottish Institute of sport The Scottish Institute of Sport (SIS) is the national sports development body in Scotland. It is part of sportscotland, a publicly owned company which is partly funded by the UK's National Lottery. The SIS was established in 1998. I wouldn't be going to Turin. "It's been the worst year of my life, I couldn't go through a year like that." CAPTION(S): SKINT: Rhona |
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