Skeleton crew’s helmets ruled ineligible on eve of Games
Great Britain appeal to court of arbitration for sport
Great Britain’s best hopes of gold at these Winter Olympics have suffered a setback after skeleton’s governing body banned its new aerodynamic helmets for being the wrong shape.
Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt have dominated skeleton all season, winning all seven of the World Cup races, and making them strong favourites to win gold and silver here in Milan.
But they were hoping to increase their chances of glory even further in Milan-Cortina with a new helmet. Yet having trialled it in San Moritz last week, it has now emerged that the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation quickly banned the helmets on January 29, saying they “did not comply with the IBSF skeleton rules based on its shape”.
