Winter Olympics 2022: Could ‘Dr Ice’ save British skeleton after medal famine? – Beijing diary

Guru Dr Ice is just what Britain need Kristan Bromley admits his door is open to return to the British Skeleton fold after their disappointing Winter Olympic campaign. Ad/> Former world champion and two-time World Cup winner Bromley is nicknamed 'Dr Ice' and is viewed as a guru for sliders with his pioneering approach to tech.

Beijing 2022Why are skiers wearing tape on their faces at Winter Olympics?5 HOURS AGO He now works with Team GB's PyeongChang bronze medallist Dom Parsons, with sleds he designed taking silver and bronze in the women's competition. However, despite working on a fraction of the £6m budget of the British team, Bromley — who is married to Olympic bronze medallist Shelley Rudman — has unfathomably remained outside the UK system for more than a decade.

Skeleton has been Britain's most reliable provider of Olympic medals with seven podium places, including three golds, in the five Games before Beijing. But questions have been raised about their kit for Beijing, which seemed way off pace with rival nations — despite high hopes it would make a decisive difference.

«My door is always open and it always has been open,» said Bromley, who boasts a best finish of fifth in four Team GB Olympic appearances between 2002 and 2014. «The British programme wanted to go down a different path and I respected that.

»I went down my path and I wanted to work with international athletes and broaden my experience base outside the British programme. I’ve done that now, I’ve had a successful six years but the next move, who knows?" Why are skiers wearing tape on their faces at Winter Olympics? Unhappy Valentine’s Day! The figure skating lovers competing against each other The snow is no joke here in Beijing Snow — real snow —