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'Devastated' GB miss out on bobsleigh medal
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'Devastated' GB miss out on bobsleigh medal

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📌 Key Takeaways

  • Team GB finished seventh in four-man bobsleigh, missing out on medal
  • Brad Hall called the result 'devastating' after a disappointing campaign
  • Team finished 0.48 seconds off bronze medal position
  • Olympic medal remains elusive for Hall despite World Cup success

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Team GB's bobsleigh team, piloted by Brad Hall, finished in seventh place at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on February 22, 2026, missing out on a medal in the four-man event after a disappointing campaign that saw them unable to recover from an early deficit. The team had sat seventh after the first day of competition and needed two spectacular runs along with mistakes from front-runners to have any chance of a podium finish. While their third heat time of 54.66 seconds was competitive, it ultimately wasn't enough as they finished with an overall time of 3:39.12, just 0.48 seconds off the bronze medal position. Tied with Switzerland going into the final run, Hall couldn't find the additional pace needed to edge ahead, with a final run of 55.03 seconds leaving them just outside the medals. 'It's very difficult to put into words to be honest,' Hall told BBC Sport. 'It's pretty devastating to finish where we did but we weren't in the place we wanted to be overnight and we said we were going to come out fighting and do the best we can - and that's what we feel like we did.' The result caps off a challenging Winter Olympics for GB's bobsledders, who had previously finished 12th in the two-man event. The team's preparation was hampered by injuries, including brakeman Taylor Lawrence sitting out heats as a precaution with a calf injury, and they had won just one World Cup medal in the build-up to the Games. Despite being the most successful British men's pilot in World Cup history with 30 race medals, an Olympic medal remains the only major accolade missing from Hall's illustrious collection, which includes a world championship silver and European title.

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'Devastated' GB miss out on bobsleigh medal By Jess Anderson BBC Sport journalist in Cortina Published 22 February 2026, 12:16 GMT Updated 2 hours ago Team GB capped off a disappointing bobsleigh campaign at the Winter Olympics with a "devastating" 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. "It's very difficult to put into words to be honest," Hall told BBC Sport. "It's pretty devastating to finish where we did but we weren't in the place we wanted to be overnight and we said we were going to come out fighting and do the best we can - and that's what we feel like we did." 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. Atkin wins halfpipe bronze for Team GB's fifth medal Published 2 hours ago Weird and wonderful stories from the Winter Olympics Published 8 hours ago It has been a tough Games for GB's bobsledders, who struggled in the two-man event and finished 12th overall. Brakeman Taylor Lawrence sat out heats three and four as a precaution having suffered with a calf injury all season, and Hall said their full focus would be on the four-man event. The four years since the Beijing Games ha...
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