britain have won medals at the skeleton in the last five winter olympics, but fair to day they won t be winning here. at the halfway point in the women s events laura deas is in 21st place and her team mate, brogan crowley, is in 27th place. such disappointment for laura deas, who won a bronze medal in pyeongchang four years ago. she has had a tough season and the speed was just not there. bear in mind britain s competitors in the men s event are also out of the top ten, then safe to say britain will not be winning medals here in beijing. it has also not been a great day for britain s curlers. britain s women lost their group match against south korea. south korea made a comeback to take the match 9 7. that means that the britain women s
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
the athletes, more than anyone, are disappointed with that. i think if you look back, we have had some really promising results, looking to the future, but of course we are not going to shy away from some that are disappointing. much of the fallout will wait until after the finish line of these games has been crossed, but reviews have been promised into the number of brits who crashed out early. the british boys have flipped over! difficult questions are already being asked, though, around skeleton, after britain failed to make a podium for the first time since 2002. i just think that they got the technical part of the equipment wrong, and that is what slowed the athletes down. because look at laura deas her slides were amazing - but the equipmentjust did not let her sort of produce - the speeds she deserved. concerns are now creeping in that team gb could return home empty handed, despite £27 million of funding. but with six wins in a row and a semifinal spot secured,
table, obviously, at this stage of the games but i think the athletes, more than anyone, are disappointed with that. i think if you look back, we have had some really promising results, looking to the future, but of course we re not going to shy away from some that are disappointing. much of the fallout will wait until after the finish line of these games has been crossed, but reviews have been promised into the number of brits who crashed out early. the british boys have flipped over! difficult questions are already being asked, though, around skeleton, after britain failed to make a podium for the first time since 2002. i just think that they got the technical part of the equipment wrong, and that s what slowed the athletes down. because look at laura deas her slides were amazing - but the equipmentjust did not let her sort of produce - the speeds that she deserved. concerns are now creeping in that team gb could return home empty handed, despite £27 million of funding.