Winter Olympics: GB aim for momentum in build-up to 2026 Games
GB1’s biggest challenge is Germany, which spends around £2 million a year on R&D alone.
By comparison, the British bobsleigh team received £120,000 from UK Sport ahead of Beijing.
For the Milan 2026 cycle, They were awarded £2.8 million After a price increase of £900,000 in August 2023.
Despite the wage increase, Gulliver said they expect wages to rise with inflation.
“It’s performance-based – we keep winning medals at championships,” he said.
“We always want more money – we know it will give us better equipment. As athletes we have a responsibility to achieve these results.
“One of the things we’ve been talking about in the athletic space lately is performance incentives, which is money paid directly to us that supplements our wages and helps us train full-time.
“They haven’t changed for a long time and it would be great to increase them,” added Gulliver, who remains grateful for Sport England’s current funding.
The money helped Greenwood, 27, quit his full-time job to focus on bobsledding.
“I had a full-time job, 60 hours a week and night shifts. One time I finished work at 3 a.m. and then had to be at the track at 8 a.m. It was tough,” he said.
“We did get a little bit of funding, which I’m grateful for – it allowed me to quit my full-time job. If they want us to win gold, that’s got to happen.”
