Posts Tagged ‘skeleton’

Did Great Britain really only win one medal at the Olympics?

Monday, March 1st, 2010


The not-exactly decorated UK Olympic squad returns home tomorrow after just one athlete received a medal. Amy Williams, pictured above, who’s as cute as she is, I’m assuming, goddam crazy got the gold in skeleton.

In an article in the Guardian today, the Team UK brass is pleading that they need more funding if they’re going to do better in 2014. The team fell short of their lofty overall goal to win three medals – sigh, could have beaten Latvia (two silvers in the men’s skeleton and doubles luge).

Read more about the internal strife that is the British Olympic Association: UK Sport sticking to no compromise policy over Winter Games funding

Photo via The Guardian