Team GB’s athletes at the Winter Olympics will be fuelled by 130kg of Quaker porridge oats, 5,000 Aldi teabags and a Formula One simulator. The Guardian was given rare access to the team’s base at the Olympic Village in Milan, where 10 of their 55 athletes, including the figure skaters Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear, are staying.
The rooms are cramped, just about big enough to fit two single beds, but Team GB is attempting to make athletes feel more at home with a large TV showing BBC One, jigsaw puzzles and Connect 4. There are huge supplies of popcorn, coffee and fruit pastilles.
