Team GB officials say they are “bullish” that next year’s Winter Olympics will be the most successful in their history – and have identified 10 to 12 realistic medal prospects. “There’s Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas in the skeleton and Elise Christie, who is speed-skating world champion. Just 31% of tickets for the Winter Olympics have been sold, despite considerable efforts by the organisers. The figures for the Winter Paralympics are even worse, however, with only 499 individual tickets sold in South Korea as of last week. The IOC confirmed that 9,401 have been sold in total, a figure which equates to 4.2% of those put on sale.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 07:52 UTC