Beijing Olympics 2022: Skeleton star Matt Weston taking inspiration from past Team GB success

Matt Weston is determined to continue Team GB's run of scintillating skeleton success when he makes his Winter Olympic debut at Beijing 2022 next month. The 24-year-old from Crowborough heads to the Chinese capital in a British squad featuring Marcus Wyatt, Brogan Crowley and 2018 bronze medallist Laura Deas aiming to add to the 1,000-plus medals achieved by British athletes since the advent of National Lottery funding to elite sport in 1997.

Ad/> Britain have medalled in every Olympics since the sport was reintroduced in 2002, most notably Amy Williams' gold in Vancouver and Lizzy Yarnold's back-to-back titles in Sochi and PyeongChang. Beijing 2022'I think it's going to be an incredible event' — Deas ahead of Winter Olympics21 HOURS AGO And former rugby player Weston takes inspiration from that past success as he looks to make an impact and ascend the Olympic podium.

He said: «The day I started in 2017, I thought: if I'm going to do this sport that's the only goal I have in mind, to go to the Olympics and try to perform the best I can on the world's biggest stage. /> »It's always been the females who have had the success but it hasn't stopped us guys trying to push boundaries and have that success for ourselves.

«That's almost inspired me even more to break the trend and be successful myself, and bring the men's side up as well.» Deas ready to do ‘something special’ after selection for second Olympics Bronze medallist Deas among four Team GB skeleton athletes heading to Olympics Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more A World Cup triumph last November, backed up by a string of top-ten finishes since then, means that Weston is a genuine medal contender in Beijing. With the Games getting ever