Historic bobsleigh gold follows more skeleton success as Bath-based sliders make World Cup winning start to 2025

It was a golden start to 2025 for the University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association as their athletes enjoyed double delight at the IBSF World Cup in Winterberg, Germany.
Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Arran Gulliver and Greg Cackett made history on Sunday, becoming the first non-German team to win four-man bobsleigh gold at Winterberg in 13 years.
The Brits were fastest on both runs as they clocked a combined time of 1:48.07 to finish 19 hundredths of a second ahead of reigning back-to-back Olympic Champion Francesco Friedrich on his home ice.
The win was GB’s first four-man success since the exact same crew won in Altenberg in January 2023 and it takes Hall’s World Cup medal tally to 23.
Bobsleigh success came 48 hours after Matt Weston had struck gold in the men’s skeleton to move top of the overall World Cup rankings, just ahead of team-mate Marcus Wyatt. Weston, who won the World Cup title in 2024, has secured a medal at every race so far this season.
Amelia Coltman finished fifth in the women’s race, missing out on a medal by 0.19 seconds having sat second after the first run.
The circuit now heads to St Moritz in Switzerland, with skeleton action scheduled for Friday 10th January followed by bobsleigh on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th.
The University of Bath is home to the UK’s only outdoor push-start training track and British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association athletes also do their strength and conditioning work at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Click here to find out more.