Lamin Deen leads Britain's four-man bobsleigh team to silver in Whistler

Deen, Toby Olubi, Ben Simons and Andrew Matthews excelled as they recorded Britain's best result for four years.

The team set a new track record in their first run and, while Russia's team went on to grab gold, it was a hugely impressive showing from the British quartet.

The result comes a week after Brad Hall and his team took World Cup bronze in Park City.

"I’ve been in this sport nearly 25 years and this weekend is right up there with anything I’ve experienced,” said GB Bobsleigh head coach, Lee Johnston. “It’s on a par with last week - and to have two weeks like in that succession is pretty special.

"In two days of racing in Whistler we’ve won a silver medal; broken a long-standing track record; had two sleds in the top 10 again; recorded our best Women’s result for nearly nine years; and seen Brad equal his best 2-man finish of his career. The level keeps lifting.

"One of our coaches, Petr Ramseidl, was working on the sleds until 2am and he was back in the garage at 6am today. That’s the kind of work ethic that everyone in the squad - athletes and staff - are showing week in, week out. We’re in a great place and the results are proving that.