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Beijing Olympics 2022 - ‘I’ve got that medal in my locker’ - GB’s Marcus Wyatt looking to replicate test event success

Britain’s Marcus Wyatt is one of few international athletes who have experienced success at the sliding track for the Winter Olympics in Beijing — and he believes he can step on to the podium once again at the Games. The skeleton athlete finished second at a test event in October, a result he did not expect. The 30-year-old fell into the sport simply through being inspired by Lizzy Yarnold’s first gold medal at Sochi 2014, and he has never looked back.

Beijing 2022 - From a back garden to the Olympics - how DIY helped Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas reach the Games

Every athlete has adapted to training during the coronavirus pandemic in different ways — but you can bet there is only one who built a bobsleigh push track in a County Durham back garden. That is exactly what Mica McNeill’s dad and brother did for her — and now she is preparing for the Winter Olympics with Montell Douglas in the two-woman bobsleigh. Ad/> With training already derailed by initial lockdowns at the start of the pandemic, McNeill took matters into her own hands and once the track was built, she invited the entire women’s squad to her home.

Montell Douglas column: Beijing 2022 will be very different to Beijing 2008

Montell Douglas is a bobsleigh brakewoman on the Great Britain team, heading to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She is also a former sprinter for Great Britain, competing in the 100m and relay at the 2008 summer Olympics, also in Beijing. This is her third BBC Sport column.

Redpath returns as Scotland name five new caps for Six Nations

EDINBURGH : Centre Cameron Redpath has been included in Scotland's 39-man squad for the 2022 Six Nations just days after his first appearance in seven months as coach Gregor Townsend also named five uncapped players on Wednesday.

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Beijing Olympics 2022 - ‘I’ve got that medal in my locker’ - GB’s Marcus Wyatt looking to replicate test event success

Beijing 2022 - From a back garden to the Olympics - how DIY helped Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas reach the Games

Montell Douglas column: Beijing 2022 will be very different to Beijing 2008

Redpath returns as Scotland name five new caps for Six Nations