Welsh Olympian Mica Moore quit team amid allegations of 'damaging and offensive behaviour' towards 'BAME community and women'

Welsh Olympian Mica Moore says she feels a duty to highlight "damaging and offensive behaviour" against "the BAME community and women" after quitting the British bobsleigh team and ending her 2022 Winter Olympics dream.

Moore, 29, had been in contention to feature at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having helped Great Britain to their best result in the women's bobsleigh at a Games - eighth - at Pyeongchang 2018.

She stepped back from bobsleigh later that year to focus on university studies, and rejoined the GB bobsleigh team in the summer of 2021 following a three-year spell away from the sport.

But Moore, who has also represented Wales in athletics, revealed in a public statement on Twitter on Friday that she had removed herself from the women's team and ended her own Olympic bid "because of actions of others and the truly negative environment that was created".

The British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association said it has carried out an investigation, condemns discriminatory behaviour and thanked Moore for raising her concerns.

Moore, from Newport, said: "I wanted to wait until my indoor season was over to address why my bobsleigh season ended so suddenly but I do think it’s very important that I share my last few months with you.

"Before Christmas I made the decision to remove myself from the women's team that were trying to qualify for the Games. This meant my bid to make the Olympic Games in Beijing ended. This was obviously a tough but a strangely freeing decision I made.

"I left not because of myself but because of actions of others and the truly negative environment that was created by some individuals in the team.

"As I've gotten older as an athlete, my thought process has matured, it's not just about the