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10.02.2022 / 07:34

Poor performances leave Britain’s skeleton medal hopes hanging by a thread

British hopes of extending its skeleton medal streak into a sixth Olympics are hanging by a thread after a pair of poor performances in the opening two runs of the men’s event at Yanqing on Thursday.

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Meet Team GB’s quartet of skeleton sliders competing at Beijing 2022

A quartet of British skeleton sliders are tasked with carrying on Team GB’s record of winning at least one medal at each of the Olympic Winter Games since 2002. All but one of the seven have been claimed in the women's discipline, which includes three gold medals in consecutive Games.

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Winter Olympics 2022 - Don’t panic! Team GB could still achieve record medal haul, despite disappointment for Bankes

At every Olympics, summer or winter, there is nervousness about where the first British medal is coming from. When two of the favourites miss out on the podium — that’s when the panic really sets in. That might be where we are at on day five, after world champion Charlotte Bankes was unable to progress past the quarter-finals of snowboard cross, 24 hours after Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds missed out on mixed doubles curling bronze.

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Skeleton-Briton sips from lucky mug, Latvian irons out kinks

YANQING, China : Four years on from claiming bronze in Pyeongchang, Britain's Laura Deas is hoping to channel the spirit of Lizzy Yarnold, her retired teammate and the most successful Olympic skeleton athlete of all time, in part through a mug.

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Winter Olympics 2022: Impressive Team GB contenders could make history in Beijing

To the discerning sports fan, the names of Great British Winter Olympic champions just roll off the tongue.

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Britain ‘pushing the boundaries’ of technology to keep skeleton medal run going

British skeleton stars are banking on more top-secret innovations in Beijing to help them maintain a medal-winning streak that stretches back to the reintroduction of the sport into the Olympic programme in 2002.

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Lizzy Yarnold: The skeleton star who transformed Britain's Winter Olympic fortunes

Britain is not a country associated with winter sports. Whether it’s down to the lack of snow or ski resorts, British Winter Olympians are few and far between.

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Kimberley Bos slides to gold at Lake Placid, becomes 1st Dutch skeleton athlete to win world title

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