TEAM GB’S four-man bobsleigh team will receive their bronze medals from the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at the Team GB Ball on November 21 in London.

The GB 1 crew consisting of John Jackson, Bruce Tasker, Stuart Benson and Joel Fearon finished the competition in fifth place but following the disqualification of two crews, have been promoted into the bronze medal position.

Athletes from both Russia 1 (gold medallists) and Russia 2 (fourth) were found to have committed doping violations following thorough re-analysis of samples taken at the Games.

In being awarded the bronze medal, it takes Team GB’s tally for Sochi 2014 to five medals (one gold, one silver and three bronze), matching the tally won at PyeongChang 2018.

The athletes will be presented with their bronze medals at the Team GB Ball at Old Billingsgate at the end of next month.

John Jackson, pilot of Team GB 1 crew, said: “With less than a month to go, it is starting to feel real. It has been an emotional rollercoaster since the McLaren report first came out. 

“Anger, disappointment, happiness, frustration and pure relief, once we had been told it was official. We will never have that Olympic moment, but receiving our medal at the Team GB Ball will be a special moment.”