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5 best bets for podium places as Team GB target record Winter Olympics haul

The Games officially open on February 4 in the Chinese capital Beijing.

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Team GB will take a squad of 50 athletes to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, with an expected medal range of between three and seven which could conceivably deliver the country’s best winter haul in history.

Here the PA news agency picks out the five best bets for podium places at the Games, which officially open on February 4 in the Chinese capital.

Bruce Mouat/Jennifer Dodds

Team GB Curling Team Announcement – Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds each have two medal chances in curling (Jane Barlow/PA)

Kirsty Muir

The Winter Youth Olympic Games Handout
Kirsty Muir won silver at the Winter Youth Olympics (PA)

Charlotte Bankes

Sochi Winter Olympic Games – Day 9
Charlotte Bankes, top, crashed out in Sochi, but has since been crowned world champion (Mike Egerton/PA)

Brad Hall

PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games – Day Fourteen
Brad Hall has a medal shot after a remarkable World Cup season (David Davies/PA)

Dave Ryding

PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games – Day Thirteen
Dave Ryding beat the odds to triumph in Kitzbuhel (Mike Egerton/PA)
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