Greg Rutherford has 'desire to just keep pushing myself' as he eyes bobsleigh glory at Milan Cortina Olympics 2026

Greg Rutherford says he is still determined to compete in the bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics and is eyeing Milan Cortina 2026 as his chance to finally take to the track. Having already famously secured gold in the long jump at the 2012 summer Games in London, the Brit set about becoming a first British Summer and Winter Olympic champion after joining the Team GB bobsleigh team in 2021, with his sights firmly set on Beijing 2022. Ad However, the 35-year-old ultimately missed out on his dream after his team failed to achieve the qualifying standard of three top-12 World Cup finishes that season, which meant Rutherford would not be competing in Beijing.

Beijing 2022'We had to risk it all and we did' — Humphries and Love after Beijing efforts20/02/2022 AT 10:00 Undeterred, Rutherford told co-host Orla Chennaoui on the latest edition of The Breakdown that he still plans to «push himself» to take part in Italy come 2026. You can listen here. “In just under four years’ time there'll be another winter Olympics,” he said.

“I tried the bobsleigh with some relative success. “The ultimate goal was, of course, to go to the Olympic Games in Beijing. It didn't happen for a number of reasons, but the possibility of potentially pushing myself to maybe go to one more Olympics — it’s still there a little bit.

“I've learned the skill of bobsleighing now. So it makes life a bit easier. I'm not desperately trying to understand the sport which I did in the nine months leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

“The team is changing a little bit. Lamin [Deen] will retire — our driver. Luke Dawes who was in there as well — he's now starting to drive.