Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘They’ll medal in four years’ - Williams pleads for patience and funding after skeleton flop

British gold medallist Amy Williams has pleaded for patience and continued funding from UK Sport, with Team GB looking likely to end their run of winning a skeleton medal at every Winter Olympics since it was reintroduced to the programme in 2002. Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt finished 15th and 16th respectively in the men's competition, while PyeongChang 2018 bronze medallist Laura Deas and debutant Brogan Crowley sit 21st and 22nd at the halfway point of the women's event.

Ad/> But Eurosport expert Williams, the Vancouver 2010 champion who works with British Skeleton and Bobsleigh in a mentoring capacity, believes the money needs to keep coming, as she is convinced Weston, Wyatt and Crowley will come good ahead of Milan-Cortina 2026. /> Beijing 2022'Incredible performances' — Williams reacts to German dominance in luge and skeletonAN HOUR AGO «We have a young wave of athletes coming through that just don't have the experience,» she said in The Cube.

«The aim in their programme cycle was to be medalling in four years' time. I’ll put a large bet on them that they’ll medal in four years.

This was always early for them. »They’ve still only had a few World Cups, World Championships, so it’s a very different field, they would have learnt massively from this.

You need to have the funding, the money, to keep that trickling on and to continue that success. «We know in Great Britain how to bring home medals, we can do it, when the moment is right, and personally these Games were four years too early for British skeleton.» Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more 'I don't know where the speed went' — Tearful Deas as GB's skeleton hopes fade Team GB look likely to end a run of winning a skeleton medal at