Team GB finished 12th in the two-man event but are targeting the podium in the four-man

Team GB face an uphill task to win an Olympic medal in the four-man bobsleigh as they sit seventh at the halfway point.

Pilot Brad Hall had showcased why the British team are medal contenders in Cortina with a brilliant first run of 54.39 seconds, which left them in third place.

But they dropped off the pace in the second, clocking 55.04secs - the 12th-quickest time in heat two - to lose four places in the standings before Sunday's medal-deciding heats.

The three German teams remain the ones to beat and they occupy the top three spots with Johannes Lochner, who won two-man gold earlier this week, leading the charge with an overall time of 1:48:61.