RIVALS CRY FOUL AT TEAM GB’S SKINSUITS

BRITAIN’S deployment of a game-changing skinsuit in the skeleton has drawn formal protests from rival nations. The aerodynamic suits are said to have played a big part in the exceptional results in training, with either Lizzy Yarnold or Laura Deas going fastest in three of the four women’s practice runs and Dominic Parsons twice clocking the quickest in the men’s sessions. It is Parsons’ times in particular that have caught the eye because he has elevated himself from world No 12 to a gold medal contender in the individual sled-racing event. Multiple nations have queried the legality of the suits with the skeleton organisers, and

Sportsmail understands that Team GB’s lawyer has been involved in discussions with the rules commission at least twice. Britain are confident their suits, which are a continuation of the technology used by British Cycling in the past three Olympics, are compliant.