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The chair of UK Sport, Katherine Grainger, has said future funding for winter sports will be based on grassroots participation as well as medals, after Great Britain departed the Beijing Winter Olympics with just two medals.
The accessibility of individual sports as well as medal potential will determine funding ahead of the next Winter Olympics, UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger said on Monday.
Team GB bosses insist British athletes’ Beijing fortunes represent just one small step towards cracking their wider Winter Olympic conundrum.
Team GB bosses insist British athletes’ Beijing fortunes represent just one small step towards cracking their wider Winter Olympic conundrum.
UK Sport chair Katherine Grainger is "not panicking yet" despite Team GB failing to claim a medal in the first six days at Beijing 2022.
DON’T PANIC, SAYS UK SPORT BOSS British medal hopes have struggled so far — both Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds plus Charlotte Bankes were world champions in their events and yet didn't trouble the podium. Ad/> In addition both freeskier James Woods and snowboarder Katie Ormerod, proven World Cup winners, struggled in their first events. Kirsty Muir's fifth place in the skiing Big Air is certainly the highlight for the 50-strong team to date.
Dame Katherine Grainger has hailed the impact of Team GB’s Charlotte Bankes on the next generation of snow sporting talent, despite missing out on a medal in snowboard cross at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Charlotte Bankes missed out on an expected medal in the women’s snowboard-cross as Great Britain’s disappointing start to the Winter Olympics continued in Beijing.