Royal Marine Taylor Lawrence drives GB to first World Cup medal of Olympic season

Great Britain bobsleigh have secured the first World Cup medal of their Olympic season - and it was Royal Marine Taylor Lawrence who inspired it.

Alongside Brad Hall in the two-man event at St Moritz, the British pair finished in third to win a bronze medal and were only 1.19 seconds off the German winners driven by Johnnes Lochner.

The race also doubled up as the European Championships, meaning the pair also won bronze in that competition.

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Mne Lawrence only returned to action last week after a calf injury kept him sidelined for the first four races of the season, and this event was his first two-man competition since he and Hall finished sixth at the World Championships in Lake Placid last March.

This result was the first time a British pair have been on a two-man World Cup podium since Hall and Mne Lawrence in Lillehammer last year.

It provides vital momentum for the British team ahead of next month's Winter Olympics at Milan Cortina in Italy.