UK Sport admit that Team GB endured a ‘disappointing’ Winter Olympics after missing out on their target of three to seven medals, yet the governing body are adamant they will stick by athletes and NOT cut funding.

UK Sport labelled Team GB‘s performances at Beijing 2022 as ‘disappointing’ – but insist they will not slash their £28million funding for winter sports.

After setting a target of three to seven medals at these Winter Olympics, the British contingent failed badly beyond the gold and silver won respectively by Eve Muirhead and Bruce Mouat’s curling teams.

That has given rise to questions about the level of lottery backing handed down by UK Sport, with the most glaring deficiencies coming from the £6.4m skeleton department and GB Snowsport, which has had £9.5m for the Beijing cycle.

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