"We are actively seeking commercial funding to further support our world class programme and we will continue to do so," it added. The BBSA is the country's best funded winter sports body with 11.5 million pounds, 6.5 million going to skeleton and five million for bobsleigh, allocated for the four-year cycle to Pyeongchang. "I said, 'Why don't you just be honest and say you're not funding us because there's no money? ', and they said, 'Yes, it's because there's no money -- if there was we'd be funding you'." Women's bobsleigh was added to the Olympic programme at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games and Britain has yet to medal in it.

Source: The Star September 19, 2017 21:22 UTC