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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

Five to watch on skis, boards, skates and sleds as Britain target record haul

Britain Andrew Milligan Lewis Gibson Lilah Fear Mia Brookes Winter Olympic Olympics World Cup
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are among a number of genuine British Winter Olympic medal hopes (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Great Britain stand on the brink of Winter Olympic history as the 100-day milestone arrives ahead of February’s Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

A stunning 2025 season yielded World Cup medals on skis, snowboards, sleds and skates, and put the nation in with a mighty chance of matching or surpassing its previous best Winter hauls of five medals in both 2014 and 2018.

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