Team GB face uphill task for four-man bobsleigh medalImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Team GB finished 12th in the two-man event but are targeting the podium in the four-manByJess AndersonBBC Sport journalist in CortinaPublished36 minutes agoTeam GB face an uphill task to win an Olympic medal in the four-man bobsleigh as they sit seventh at the halfway point in a race where three teams crashed.Pilot Brad Hall had showcased why the British team are medal contenders in Cortina with a brilliant first run of 54.39 seconds, which placed them third.But he was left looking stunned and emotional after they dropped off the pace in the second, losing four places in the standings.They now sit 0.23secs off the bronze medal position before Sunday’s podium-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. There was a long delay to competition at the Cortina sliding track after Austria suffered a crash during heat two, with one of the athletes treated for a lengthy period on the ice before being stretchered off.Action resumed after about a 20-minute delay but, with the track now slower because of the rising temperature, the British team were unable to find the speed of their first run and currently sit on 1:49:43.France then suffered a crash in heat two before Trinidad and Tobago, piloted by Harrogate-born Axel Brown, were the last to run and also crashed.
