Four steel-framed snowmobilers from the British Winter Olympics will compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics

International online news: On January 19, uk local time, the British Olympic Committee announced 4 athletes participating in the steel frame snowmobile event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

British steel frame snowmobilers at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games Courtesy of the British Olympic Committee

First-time Olympics Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt will compete in the steel-framed bobsleigh men's event, while Pyeongchang Winter Olympics bronze medalist Laura Dis and another Winter Olympic newcomer, Brogan Crowley, will compete in the women's event.

Currently ranked ninth in the world, Matt Weston is competing in the Winter Olympics for the first time, and at the 2021 Steel Frame Bobsleigh World Cup, Weston won the first steel frame Bobsleigh World Cup men's gold medal for The United Kingdom in 13 years. Last October, Weston participated in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Test Match and International Snowmobile Federation International Training Week held at the "Snow Dragon", talking about the feeling of competing in the "Snow Dragon", Weston said, "I am very, very satisfied with all the progress of the test activities, although my final result is not very ideal this time, but I am looking forward to returning there (the track), I can't wait to show the world the level of the British steel frame snow team at the Beijing Winter Olympics." ”

33-year-old Laura Dies is the most experienced athlete in the British steel frame snow team, the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Dies won a valuable bronze medal for the British steel frame snow team, in the outlook for the second Winter Olympics trip, Dies said: "It is a great honor to be able to participate in the Winter Olympics again, and I hope to harvest greater honors in Beijing."

Natalie Dunman, head of the British Steel Frame Snow Team, said: "We will be going to Beijing with a young team of steel frame snowmobiles, who achieved good results in the test race of 'Snow Dragon' last year and hope to continue to be in good shape at the Winter Olympics. (Zhao Xuemei)