In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com, the bobsleigh pilot talks about his beginnings as a decathlete, why he needs both country and rock music in his warm-up, and how Great Britain can become a superpower in the sport.

Before his untimely death, former Olympic bobsleigh champion Steve Halcomb used to like to say that beating the Germans at Altenberg was the truest test of the sport.

While his Beijing 2022 campaign ended without a podium finish, the strides British bobsleigh star Brad Hall has taken this season have seen him win World Cup gold for the very first time in December 2022. He now sits second (four-man) and third (two-man) in the World Cup standings before the Altenberg races mark the beginning of the European section of this year’s circuit. 

"It’s a really hard time at the moment for everyone with the pandemic, we’re just trying to spread a bit of positivity."

The key to good bobsleigh is breathing. Speed is handy. Strength won’t go amiss. Revelling in the fear will hold you in good stead. But get your breathing wrong and you are in for some pain.

I was serving in the third Battalion Parachute Regiment (3 Para) when I first got into bobsleighing. Steve Smith, a former Great Britain bobsleigher, was a sergeant within the regiment, and recommended I join the Army Team.

Brad Hall and Nick Gleeson recorded a best British finish in 53 years in the World Championship two-man bobsleigh event - using a crowdfunded sled.

British bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall hopes UK Sport recognises the team's ability to "win many medals" over the coming years, despite their Olympic struggles.

Bradley Hall's first World Cup medal has given the Great Britain bobsleigh squad "renewed belief" they can compete for Olympic honours next year.

Great Britain ended an 84-year wait for a four-man bobsleigh world championship medal after Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett claimed silver in St Moritz, Switzerland.

Great Britain ended an 84-year wait for a four-man bobsleigh world championship medal after Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett claimed silver in St Moritz, Switzerland.

You know you are unlucky when even your rivals are feeling sympathy for you. That was the case for bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall and his crew last season as they were beset by misfortune time and time again as injuries and Covid ravaged their campaign.

A Bath-based British bobsleigh team have unveiled a very special sled for the new season. Instead of adverts, the team's bobsled will carry the badges of charities that are important to them and their families.

World Cup two-man silver

Great Britain bobsleigh history was made on Saturday as unfunded duo Brad Hall and Greg Cackett secured a first World Cup 2-man medal.

Olympic bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall is "devastated" by the decision of UK Sport not to fund British teams for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic campaign.

British bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall hopes a crowdfunding campaign will help raise the £6,000 he needs to hire a two-man sled for March's World Championships.

Brad Hall and Joel Fearon of Great Britain slide during two-man Bobsleigh heats.

A 'pedantic' pilot, a Royal Marine, a Dolly Parton fanboy and an aspiring police officer - there's a lot more to Great Britain's men's bobsleigh team than meets the eye.

Brad Hall's four-man bobsleigh team made history as they won Great Britain's first European gold in Altenberg. The Brits edged out Francesco Friedrich's German team as the hosts lost for the first time in 17 years, with Switzerland coming third. The British and German quartets are now level on points at the top of the standings.

Brad Hall and Greg Cackett's Olympic Winter Games preparation started in fine style with a silver medal in the two-man bobsleigh test event in Yanqing.

British Olympian Greg Cackett has launched a website titled The Brakeman with the aim of promoting brakemen and women in bobsleigh.

History boys Brad Hall and Greg Cackett went where no Brits have gone before and won two-man Bobsleigh World Cup silver in Igls, Austria.

Bobsleigh duo Brad Hall and Nick Gleeson, a former decathlete and a serving paratrooper respectively, achieved Britain’s best finish at the world championships for 53 years in a rented sled in Whistler, Canada, last week.

Olympic bobsledder Brad Hall is raising cash so GB can enter a two-man team at the 2019 World Championships in Whistler, Canada during March.

Bobsleigh – a sport where teams of two or four hurtle down an ice tube in a bullet-shaped sled – might not be the obvious sport of choice for those who grew up in southern England, an area which, for all its charms, is somewhat lacking the pre-requisite snow and ice.