and i m not condoning him. they were diabolical. but he is cleared to play and will stand by that. it s been a mixed day for team gb at the winter olympics. the men s curlers bounced back to beat norway in the round robin stages but there was disappointment in the sliding as for the first time in the history of the games there won t be a skeleton medal for great britain. our correspondent andy swiss rounds up day 7 in beijing. she s the olympic bronze medallist. can she find a little bit of magic here? another day when british hopes seems slide away. laura deas won bronze four years ago in the skillet in which britain has skeleton dominated in recent years but not here. she is on 21 place. for the first time this century, britain s skeleton athletes set to leave an winter olympics empty handed. hopes in cross country skiing also