Team GB is aiming for its most successful Winter Olympics at the Milano Cortina Games. UK Sport, the funding body for Olympic and Paralympic sports in the UK, is hopeful of achieving between four and eight medals in northern Italy.
Britain’s best performance to date at a Winter Games came at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, with five medals (one gold) being clinched. But Team GB performance chiefs are setting their hopes even higher this time around. That’s because the Team GB squad bound for Italy has world champions, X Games gold medallists and World Cup podium athletes among them. The 2024/25 season saw Britain’s winter athletes win nine World Championship medals across various sports.
British skiers and snowboarders achieved 28 major podiums in Olympic disciplines, won three Crystal Globes (overall World Cup titles) and one World Championship title, through Zoe Atkin. And chef de mission Eve Muirhead, who won curling gold in 2022, said preparations had been “meticulous” with a “focus on creating the conditions that allow athletes to deliver when it matters most.”
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