Cas ruling deems helmets illegal due to protruding rear
Setback for Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt
Great Britain’s skeleton team have been banned from wearing its new aerodynamic helmets at the Winter Olympics after the court of arbitration for sport ruled they were illegal because its “rear significantly protrudes”.
The news is a big blow to Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt, who have dominated skeleton all season, winning all seven of the World Cup races between them.
Those victories were won with a different helmet, but Weston and Wyatt were hoping to go even quicker by using a differently shaped design.
