Eve Muirhead refuses to set GB medal target for 2026 Winter Olympics

Beijing 2022 gold medallist is Team GB’s chef de mission
Muirhead says athletes should compete without pressure

The Team GB chef de mission for the Winter Olympics next year, Eve Muirhead, has said it would be unfair to set a medal target for Britain’s athletes in Milano-Cortina.

Muirhead was part of the women’s curling team that claimed Britain’s only gold medal at Beijing in 2022. Alongside a solitary silver for the men’s curlers, the total fell below the UK Sport target of three to seven medals for the Games.

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