Team GB have a structured pay scale for athletes depending on their status and how likely they are to win a medal at events such as the summer or winter Olympics and Paralympics. Members of Team GB receive funding towards their living and sporting costs through the Athlete Performance Award (APA).
Matt Weston became the first British man ever to win skeleton gold at the Winter Olympics as he achieved sliding perfection in Cortina. Weston, 28, joins Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold as a Team GB Olympic champion in skeleton, but bronze is the closest any man had ever achieved.
Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet controversy is still stirring in Milan and Cortina while Team GB look for their first medal of the Winter Olympics
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Tom Daley Knitted the Scarves and Hats for Great Britain’s Flagbearers at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The Olympic champion was Team GB’s flagbearer at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
THE greatest Winter Olympic Games moments of all time have been revealed, with Torvill and Dean’s unforgettable Bolero routine in Sarajevo 1984 topping the list. Still regarded as one of Britain’s
Every four years, the Winter Olympics deliver two certainties: gravity-defying athletic feats and national team kits that range from quietly excellent to brave. Team GB usually lands closer to the former than the latter, but even then, not everything designed for elite sport is built for everyday life.
Team GB have their first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics after Matt Weston won gold in the men's skeleton. It represents GB's first medal at the winter games since winning gold in women's curling four years ago.
Matt Weston won Team GB's first gold medal at Milano Cortina in the men's skeleton
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