Winter Olympics: Questions need to be raised over Britain's skeleton performance, says Matt Weston

British skeleton racer Matt Weston has acknowledged that «questions need to be raised» over the team's failure to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.

Weston was 15th and Marcus Wyatt 16th in the men's event, while Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley are out of medal contention in the women's competition.

BBC commentator John Jackson, who won bobsleigh bronze in 2014, criticised the sleds used by the British team.

«Something's not right,» Weston told BBC Sport.

«I think there are quite a few questions that need to be raised but equipment is definitely going to be one of them.

»We'll review everything from start to finish, how it went, the processes we went through to try to get here, but equipment is definitely going to be on the list of the stuff we review."

The results mean that Great Britain's proud record of winning a medal at every Winter Olympics to feature skeleton events has ended with disappointment in Beijing.

Britain had won gold at the past three Winter Olympics and made the podium at five consecutive Games from the sport's reintroduction at the Games in 2002.

But Weston and Wyatt could not continue that run, while 2018 bronze medallist Deas lies in 21st position after her first two runs and Crowley is 22nd — both out of the running when the women's medals are decided on Saturday.

Germany, who had never won a men's Olympic skeleton medal before, claimed gold and silver courtesy of Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk, with China's Yan Wengang taking bronze.

Jackson, commentating for the BBC, said: «We need to talk about the British equipment here. Yes, Marcus and Matt have been doing a great job here, they've been sliding well. Same with the women, with Laura and Brogan.

»They've been sliding beyond their resource. Their