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Winter Olympic medallist Laura Deas retires from skeleton

Deas won bronze for Team GB at Pyeongchang 2018 behind teammate and gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold

The Independent UK

Matt Weston wins again as British skeleton completes remarkable bounceback year

Marcus Wyatt and Laura Deas bag silver medals in season finale in Latvia to banish memories of last year's Olympic horror show

Daily Mirror

British Skeleton stars using Olympic trauma as fuel to fire redemption mission

"So much of Skeleton is mental, you need a certain amount of inner bravado to continually throw yourself down the run. My confidence took such a hit that I genuinely didn’t know if I was any good at the sport any more"

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British Skeleton told "it's on you" after Laura Deas misses out on Beijing medal

Laura Deas had gone to Beijing hoping to build on the bronze medal she won in 2018, but instead only just qualified for the final with UK Sport coming under fire for equipment issues

Daily Mirror

Oldham skeleton star Brogan Crowley on why she can reflect with pride on Winter Olympic debut

The 27-year-old former heptathlete was left in 23rd place, 0.41 seconds behind team-mate and 2018 Olympic bronze medallist Laura Deas

Manchester Evening News

Winter Olympics: Skeleton woe for Great Britain as ‘gutted’ Laura Deas finishes in 19th place

Deas won bronze in Pyeongchang but finished in 19th place here with team-mate Brogan Crowley 22nd out of 25

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: skeleton, women’s curling and more – as it happened

Updates from day eight of the winter Games as Jaclyn Narracott took Australia’s first ever medal in skeleton

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Equipment blamed for Team GB’s dismal skeleton performances

Former Olympic 2014 bronze medallist John Jackson has said the equipment is letting down the British skeleton sliders

The Guardian - UK

Team GB equipment slammed for lack of speed after skeleton disaster at Winter Olympics

Skeleton has delivered every British winter gold for 20 years, but former Olympic star John Jackson slammed Britain’s equipment after a disastrous display

Daily Mirror

Great Britain's Winter Olympics nightmare goes on with women's skeleton medal streak over

Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley are set to miss out on medals, ending Team GB's 20-year streak of reaching the podium in the women's skeleton at the Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

Winter Olympics 2022: GB suffer skeleton setback, latest news, medal table and results

Britain’s wait for a first Winter Olympics looks set to drag on after Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley finished well down the pecking order at the halfway point of the women’s skeleton.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: Britain’s 20-year streak of women’s skeleton medals ended by calamitous start

Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley both struggled in their first two runs in the women’s race.

The Independent UK

Calamitous start sees Britain end its 20-year streak of women’s skeleton medals

Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley both struggled in their first two runs in the women’s race.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Ayumu Hirano won snowboard halfpipe gold, Suzanne Schulting defended her 1,000m short track title and Christopher Grotheer won the skeleton

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Manchester Evening News

Skeleton star Brogan Crowley pays tribute to Olympic medallist teammate Laura Deas

Brogan Crowley will be making her Olympic debut in Beijing, and credits PyeongChang bronze medallist Laura Deas for helping her at her first Games

Sports Illustrated

Skeleton Veteran and Shirtless Flag Bearer Nathan Crumpton Is a 'Jack of All Trades'

The skeleton veteran representing American Samoa is an author, model, photographer and Princeton alumnus who is vying for one of two open spots on the IOC’s athletes’ commission.

The Independent UK

Laura Deas calls for focus on mental health at ‘zero Covid’ Winter Olympics

Fellow skeleton racer Kim Meylemans garnered global sympathy after she tested positive and was denied a room in the Olympic Village upon arrival in Beijing

The Independent UK

Laura Deas: Public thinking we are all like Eddie the Eagle not a bad thing

The 33-year-old returns to the Winter Olympics looking to build on the surprise bronze she claimed in Pyeongchang in 2018.

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Wales Online

Team GB skeleton star Laura Deas backing Winter Olympics without any snow to be just as special for UK public

Beijing's Yanqing District - where the skeleton, luge and bobsleigh events will take place - received just 2cm of snow between January and March last year, a figure less than both London and Madrid

The Independent UK

Laura Deas aims to slide in Lizzy Yarnold’s golden footsteps at Beijing Winter Olympics

The 2018 bronze medallist is looking to extend Team GB’s terrific recent record in the skeleton

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t write us off’: GB warn rivals not to underestimate Olympic skeleton squad

Britain’s skeleton bobsleigh squad have deliberately not gone “all guns blazing” in preparation for the Winter Olympics in Beijing

The Independent UK

Laura Deas targeting ‘pretty special’ medal haul in Beijing

Deas has struggled to repeat her Pyeongchang heroics, with just three top finishes to her name.

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