The two Micas set their sights on Beijing glory after record eighth-place finish

Watch out world, the British bobsleigh girls are gunning for a medal come Beijing 2022.

Just moments after Mica Mcneill and Mica Moore crossed the line in eighth to record Great Britain’s bestever Olympic women’s bobsleigh result, they were already turning their attentions to four years’ time.

The result was justification for the British public who pledged £40,000 to keep their Pyeongchang dream alive after their governing body left them in the lurch due to an administrative error.

At the halfway stage of the Olympic competition, the British pair were even within 0.16 second of a fairytale medal.

A driving error on the third run by Mcneill saw the prospect of a podium place evaporate but they were still able to better the previous Olympic best of ninth achieved by Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Davies at the Turin 2006 Games.

Mcneill said: “I want to do it for another four years. We want four stress-free seasons and then we want to go to Beijing and absolutely smash it.

At 24, Mcneill was among the youngest pilots in the field, with silver and bronze being claimed by 33-year-old Elana Meyers Taylor and 32-yearold Kaillie Humphries. Even champion Mariama Jamanka of Germany is 27.

Mcneill and Moore, 25, could conceivably have another two Olympic cycles in them. In January 2017 they claimed the World Junior Championship gold together while last November – despite the stress of dealing with their cut in funding – they finished fifth at the World Cup in Whistler. ● Can Team GB add to their four medals in the final days of the Games? Don’t miss a moment of the Olympic Winter Games at Eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.