Belgium's World Cup bronze medallist Kim Meylemans and her partner, Brazilian slider Nicole Silveira, are to train together for the coming season.

Beijing 2022 organisers undoubtedly face a considerable challenge in hosting these Winter Olympics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the faster-spreading Omicron variant having added a further complication to the one experienced by Tokyo 2020.

Belgian skeleton racer Kim Meylemans has been moved to the Olympic Village in Yanqing following outcry over her living conditions, and an apparent move from one COVID-19 isolation facility to another.

Skeleton athlete Matthias Guggenberger has taken a year off from competing in the sport to focus on his coaching roles with Austria and Belgium.

Belgium's Kim Meylemans claims to have been harassed and threatened by Russian athletes after she boycotted International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) events held in the nation in protest at the country's doping scandal.

Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov has dismissed suggestions next year’s World Championships should be moved from Sochi after Belgium’s Kim Meylemans followed Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold in threatening to boycott the event if it is not switched to an alternative venue following allegations of state-sponsored doping.