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Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘They’ll medal in four years’ - Williams pleads for patience and funding after skeleton flop

British gold medallist Amy Williams has pleaded for patience and continued funding from UK Sport, with Team GB looking likely to end their run of winning a skeleton medal at every Winter Olympics since it was reintroduced to the programme in 2002. Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt finished 15th and 16th respectively in the men's competition, while PyeongChang 2018 bronze medallist Laura Deas and debutant Brogan Crowley sit 21st and 22nd at the halfway point of the women's event.

Yan earns China's first sliding medal as Grotheer wins skeleton gold

YANQING, China: Yan Wengang won China's first-ever medal in a Winter Games sliding event on Friday (Feb 11) as Germany continued their domination of the Olympic high-speed disciplines with Christopher Grotheer winning the men's skeleton gold.

Farewell to the Flying Tomato: how Shaun White left an Olympic legacy

This time Ayumu Hirano would not be denied. Not by the judges. Not even by the greatest snowboarder in history. Instead, amid the most intense pressure and anger, the 23-year-old from Japan found the halfpipe equivalent of the holy grail.

Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

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Christopher Grotheer gives Germany another Olympic sliding gold medal

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Winter Olympics: Questions need to be raised over Britain's skeleton performance, says Matt Weston

British skeleton racer Matt Weston has acknowledged that «questions need to be raised» over the team's failure to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.

Beijing 2022 preview for 12 February (USA): Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games

We’ve got six medal events on display today, but the action doesn’t end there. We have a whopping nine disciplines playing out today, with everything from Curling Round Robin sessions to Snowboard, Figure Skating and Ice Hockey. Today is a day jam-packed with action and you won’t want to miss it.

Medals update: Germany’s Christopher Grotheer wins historic men’s skeleton gold at Beijing 2022

Christopher Grotheer launched an all-out assault on the ice at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre to win his and Germany’s first Olympic men’s skeleton gold medal in Beijing 2022 on Friday (11 February).

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Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘They’ll medal in four years’ - Williams pleads for patience and funding after skeleton flop

Yan earns China's first sliding medal as Grotheer wins skeleton gold

Farewell to the Flying Tomato: how Shaun White left an Olympic legacy

Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Christopher Grotheer gives Germany another Olympic sliding gold medal

Winter Olympics: Questions need to be raised over Britain's skeleton performance, says Matt Weston

Beijing 2022 preview for 12 February (USA): Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games

Medals update: Germany’s Christopher Grotheer wins historic men’s skeleton gold at Beijing 2022