Beijing 2022 - Bronze medallist Laura Deas among four Team GB skeleton athletes heading to Olympics

Pyeongchang 2018 bronze medallist Laura Deas will attempt to go one or two better at the Beijing Winter Olympics after she was confirmed as one of four Team GB skeleton athletes to go to the Games. Three members of the squad will be making their debuts — Brogan Crowley, Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston, who this season became the first British man to win a World Cup title in almost 14 years.

Ad/> Deas finished on the podium four years ago behind Lizzy Yarnold, who became the first British woman to retain a Winter Olympic title with victory in South Korea, having also claimed gold at Sochi 2014. She has the unenviable task of trying to keep the women’s title in GB hands, having won the last three Games starting with Amy Williams’ triumph at Vancouver 2010.

Beijing 2022Skeleton at the Beijing Olympics: What are the rules? How do you win gold?18/12/2021 AT 15:59 Weston has had a breakthrough year having only been on the circuit for a short time, and he claimed a remarkable World Cup win in Igls during November, sharing the title there with China’s Wenqiang Geng and Germany’s Christian Grotheer after all three athletes recorded exactly the same time. ‘I can go one or two better’ — Olympic skeleton bronze medallist Deas ‘It’s invaluable’ — GB skeleton World Cup winner Weston credits Deas for early season form Wyatt impressed during a test event for the Beijing Games, finishing second at the same track that will be used for the Winter Olympics.

He was unable to register a podium spot during the World Cup season but finished fifth at the second tier Intercontinental Cup at a recent event in Altenburg. Crowley, a former heptathlete, has competed on the World Cup circuit since the start of 2020 and has achieved two top 10 finishes,