UK Sport has challenged Team GB to win at least five medals at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, which would be a record haul for Great Britain. The target range is four to ten medals, with the Games taking place from 9 to 25 February.
Britain won four medals at the 2014 Sochi Games, equalling the 1924 total from Chamonix. However, the Sochi tally could rise to five after the disqualification of two Russian bobsleigh teams due to doping, potentially promoting Britain's four-man crew to bronze.
Funding for winter sports has more than doubled to £32 million for the Pyeongchang cycle, compared with £14 million for Sochi. UK Sport director of performance Chelsea Warr acknowledged the unpredictability of winter sport, describing it as a 'Theatre of Jeopardy' with high risk and high reward.
Key medal hopes include skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold, who has a target of a top-eight finish, and short-track speed-skater Elise Christie, who has won multiple world titles since her disqualifications in Sochi. The ParalympicsGB team has been set a target of at least seven medals for March's Winter Paralympics.
