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With the difficulty on the track exemplified most by laura dees, who finished with a bronze four years ago, but came 19th tonight, meaning none of the four british skeleton athletes finished inside the top ten. that is despite nearly £6.5 million of uk sport funding. there are questions being asked about their sleds. elsewhere today, great britain's pair of charlotte banks and hugh nightingale finished sixth in the mix snowboard cross team event. at the halfway stage in his games, team gb are still without a medal. i'm hearing that there is disappointment and frustration in the camp, but not ...

And i'm not condoning him. they were diabolical. but he is cleared to play and will stand by that. it's been a mixed day for team gb at the winter olympics. the men's curlers bounced back to beat norway in the round robin stages but there was disappointment in the sliding — as for the first time in the history of the games — there won't be a skeleton medal for great britain. our correspondent andy swiss rounds—up day 7 in beijing. she's the olympic bronze medallist. can she find a little bit of magic here? another day when british hopes seems slide away. laura deas won bronze four years ...

Palmeiras a penalty, which was coolly dispatched by rafael vega and they're now playing extra—time. it remains1—1. to the winter olympics in beijing. still no medals for team gb, with nothing to show in the skeleton for the first time in 20 years. there was some good news for britain's curlers, though, on day eight, as they beat the united states. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us. there is both soul—searching and head scratching within team gb's skeleton squad after a dismal couple of days here at the sliding centre. skeleton has been the linchpin of great brit...

Place in the four—man bob was as good as reaching the podium. bimth good as reaching the podium. sixth lace is good as reaching the podium. sixth place is the — good as reaching the podium. sixth place is the best _ good as reaching the podium. sixth place is the best that _ good as reaching the podium. s xiii place is the best that we could do, we performed extremely well, the guys pushed so well, the last four years have been a truly tough, we've had one of the most successful seasons in modern bobsleigh and coming sex and the olympics is incredible. coming sex and the olympics is incred...