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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle in Livigno

Squeaky bum time? How Team GB can save Winter Olympics despite slow start

Britain's Matt Weston takes part in the skeleton men's training session at Cortina Sliding Centre
Matt Weston is a gold-medal contender in the men’s skeleton after winning five of the seven World Cup races this season. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images

Still the wait goes on. When Britain arrived in Milano Cortina there was heady talk of the country having one of its “most potent ever teams” for a Winter Olympics. So far, though, Team GB is still firing blanks.

It is not for the want of trying. Kirsty Muir missed out on a freeski slopestyle bronze by 0.41 points. Mia Brookes came impossibly close to making the biggest trick in Olympic big air snowboard history. While Britain’s mixed curlers, having coasted regally through the group stages, their mojo went awol when it mattered most.

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