Nicoll named first British monobob Olympian

Adele Nicoll will make British history at the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, having being named in the Team GB squad for the 2026 Games.

The 29-year-old from Welshpool becomes the first British female to compete in the monobob at a Winter Olympics.

The event made its debut at the 2022 games in Beijing, where Nicoll was a travelling reserve for the two-woman bobsleigh event.

She is also named as the pilot for that event in Italy, alongside former GB sprinter Ashleigh Nelson.

Nicoll, a dual-sport athlete, is a three-time British champion in shot put and could feature at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer.

Six British athletes will compete in the bobsleigh in total, with Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence competing in the two-man event and being joined by Leon Greenwood and Greg Cackett for the four-man competition.

In addition to the bobsleigh team, Team GB has also announced the five skeleton riders who will be competing at the XXV Winter Olympic Games.

Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt compete in the men's, while Amelia Coltman, Freya Tarbit and Tabby Stoecker compete in the women's event.

Weston became the first British man to win three overall skeleton golds as he defended his World Cup title for a second successive season, while Wyatt took bronze for his World Cup campaign.

Earlier this month Stoecker became the first British woman to win an overall skeleton World Cup medal for more than a decade as the 25-year-old secured bronze in Altenberg, Germany.

The BBC will broadcast more than 450 hours of live action from next month's Games in Milan-Cortina which run from Friday 6 to Sunday 22 February.