Team GB capped off a disappointing bobsleigh campaign at the Winter Olympics with a seventh-place finish in the four-man bob event.
The team, piloted by Brad Hall, were targeting a medal at Milan-Cortina but gave themselves a difficult task, having sat seventh in the standings after day one of competition.
A podium finish would have required two spectacular runs as well as mistakes from some of the front-runners and, while heat three’s time of 54.66 seconds was good, it was ultimately not enough.
Tied with Switzerland in sixth place going into the final run, Hall could not find the pace he needed to edge ahead of them and a run of 55.03secs gave them an overall time of 3:39.12 – 0.48secs off the bronze medal position.
Germany were close to earning a clean sweep on the podium – their second of the week after doing so in the two-man event – but Switzerland swept in to take a surprise bronze.
However, Johannes Lochner piloted Germany to gold to complete the two and four-man double while his legendary compatriot Francesco Friedrich’s team claimed silver.
More to follow.