Greg Rutherford’s dream of becoming the first British athlete to win a medal at a summer and winter Olympics has ended after he and his four-man team missed out on selection for GB’s bobsleigh squad having failed to hit the qualifying standard for the Winter Games in Beijing.
The London 2012 Olympic champion came out of retirement last year in an attempt to qualify in driver Lamin Deen’s sled, and then battled back from injury to make his bobsleigh debut this month. However Deen and co failed to achieve the qualifying standard of three top-12 World Cup finishes this season, which ended Rutherford’s chances of making the flight to Beijing.
