at the last games came from the sliders. but not this year. our sports correspondent andy swiss was at the yanching national sliding centre. she s the olympic bronze medallist. can she find a little bit of magic here? another day when british hopes seemed to slide away. laura deas won bronze four years ago in the skeleton, a sport britain has dominated in recent games, but not here. deas in 21st place at the halfway stage. for the first time this century, britain s skeleton athletes are set to leave an olympics empty handed. hopes in the cross country skiing also failed to materialise. andrew musgrave faded to finish 46th in the iskm classic, an event won by finland. once again, nojoy for team gb