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Four years after stunning the skeleton world with their hi-tech skinsuits, Team GB are again bringing an «extra certain something» with them to pursue more Olympic medals at Beijing 2022.

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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.

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Olympics-No track, but British skeleton quartet aim to maintain medal streak in Beijing

By Martyn Herman

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No track, but British skeleton quartet aim to maintain medal streak in Beijing

For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal.

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The numbers behind the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

This year’s Winter Olympics get under way on February 2 in Beijing with the official opening ceremony two days later.

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Laura Deas: Public thinking we are all like Eddie the Eagle not a bad thing

Thirty-four years and 17 British medals have passed since ‘Eddie the Eagle’ crashed and burned in Calgary, but Laura Deas continues to revel in the hapless ski jumper’s Winter Olympic legacy.

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Skeleton at the Beijing Olympics

Focus on the skeleton events at the Beijing Olympics.

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Beijing Olympics 2022 - Slider Brogan Crowley to call on Usain Bolt's Beijing heroics at Winter

Brogan Crowley hopes to call on the greatest sporting moments of Olympic past as she heads to Beijing 2022 in search of more skeleton silverware. The 27-year-old from Oldham has been officially selected to represent Team GB in the women's skeleton and will be part of history as the Chinese capital becomes the first city to host the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

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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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