him from eighth to fourth but no olympic medal now and nathan chen is the olympic champion. it s been incredible. the olympic champion. it s been incredible- the olympic champion. it s been incredible. ., , ., incredible. compelling viewing. can ou ive incredible. compelling viewing. can you give us incredible. compelling viewing. can you give us some incredible. compelling viewing. can you give us some hope incredible. compelling viewing. can you give us some hope for - incredible. compelling viewing. can you give us some hope for team i incredible. compelling viewing. can i you give us some hope for team gb? i know there is hugh nightingale today and the curlers in the round robin action. where can we look for a sniff of a medal now? it’s action. where can we look for a sniff of a medal now? action. where can we look for a sniff of a medal now? it s been a bit of a slow sniff of a medal now? it s been a bit of a slow burn, sniff of a medal now? it s been a bit of a slow
with the difficulty on the track exemplified most by laura dees, who finished with a bronze four years ago, but came 19th tonight, meaning none of the four british skeleton athletes finished inside the top ten. that is despite nearly £6.5 million of uk sport funding. there are questions being asked about their sleds. elsewhere today, great britain s pair of charlotte banks and hugh nightingale finished sixth in the mix snowboard cross team event. at the halfway stage in his games, team gb are still without a medal. i m hearing that there is disappointment and frustration in the camp, but not deflation at this stage. hopes remain in the carling and eddie bobsleigh. elsewhere today, we have had an update on the ongoing saga related to the teenage skating prodigy valieva.
iam i am watching the opening ceremony and i ve got butterflies in my stomach, sweaty palms that the athletes are feeling and i wish i could be there competing again. team gb has about could be there competing again. team gb has about 50 could be there competing again. team gb has about 50 athletes and i know you will probably want to name all of them but if you want to name a few for the viewers to look for, who should they look for? few for the viewers to look for, who should they look for? obviously you have the skeleton. should they look for? obviously you have the skeleton. matt should they look for? obviously you have the skeleton. matt weston, i have the skeleton. matt weston, marcus wyatt, laura dees, all the bobsleigh athletes and brad hall and his team and somebody like james woods, freestyle skiing, he is hoping to get a medal this time, dave ryding, alpine skiing, and easy atkins on the two sisters, i could keep going. atkins on the two sisters, i could keep going-
palmeiras a penalty, which was coolly dispatched by rafael vega and they re now playing extra time. it remains1 1. to the winter olympics in beijing. still no medals for team gb, with nothing to show in the skeleton for the first time in 20 years. there was some good news for britain s curlers, though, on day eight, as they beat the united states. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us. there is both soul searching and head scratching within team gb s skeleton squad after a dismal couple of days here at the sliding centre. skeleton has been the linchpin of great britain s winter olympics success in recent years with gold medals at the past three games, medals at the past three games, medals at the past three games, medals at every olympics since 2002, but none here. whether the difficulty on the track exemplified most by laura dees, who finished with a bronze of four years ago in pyongyang, but came 19 tonight, meaning none of the four british skeleton athletes fin
linchpin of great britain s winter olympics success, with goals at the 0lympics success, with goals at the last three games, medals at the every game since 2002, but none here with all four british athletes way of the pace. matt weston finished 15th in the men s event yesterday and said questions need to be asked about the equipment and that comes after nearly 6.5 mil pounds of uk sport funding. here tonight, both laura dees and brogan are way out of contention in the women s event. nor arejust struggling to contention in the women s event. nor are just struggling to try and get into that fourth and final run. so yes, a lot of difficulty within team gb at the halfway stage in these games. team gb still without a medal. within the camp, there is immense frustration, disappointment from some athletes about their performances, but not deflation at this stage. there are still hopes for curling and bobsleigh that team gb can come back from these games with some medals. still some hope for