In the early days, before Britain became an international force in the sport of skeleton, Simon Timson would park himself near the finish lines of track and field events holding a sign that read: “Do you want to go to the 2006 Winter Olympics? Wanted: Sprinters to the British bobsleigh and skeleton team.”
Timson, who had taken over leadership of British Bobsleigh and Skeleton in 1999, largely so he could lecture at its home at the University of Bath, already had some elements essential to building the program into an Olympic force.
He had a modest budget from U.