update on the headlines. donald trump has had his travel ban failed to be reinstated again. he says he has a lot of options. meanwhile, he has been on the phone to the chinese president and is endorsing the view that taiwan is part of chinese territory. he previously questioned the one china policy. the french interior ministry says an imminent attack on french soil has been averted with the rest of or suspects in montpelier. four people have been arrested. a makeshift laboratory was also discovered. now on bbc news, it isa also discovered. now on bbc news, it is a year until the winter olympics

in 2018. we have a look at what there is to look for. historically at the winter olympics british athletes have often found themselves left out in the cold. the dominating figure at these games... he is only 21... in the skiing event, germany was victorious. it was mostly the preserve of other nations. he is leading now and he crosses the line a new olympic record holder. but over time, great britain has gradually warmed to winter sport. it is olympic gold for great britain. a great round of applause. surely it will be gold for great britain.

and there was success last time in sochi as team gb equalled their best ever medal count. he is an olympic champion. jenny jones, great britain bronze medallist. great britain are in the olympic final. the youngest ever to win a medal in olympic curling. next year in south korea, the british are aiming for even more. but who will be winning the medals for team gb when the olympic games

take place next year? over the next half hour, we will tell you how some of the familiar faces have been faring as well as some new names. as well as some names you'll know. we will start with lizzie yarnold, who followed up amy williams in 2010 with an olympic title. since sochi, she has gone on to win world, european and world cup titles. she has also taken a year off. she is the olympic champion. oh my goodness! the mad thing about skeleton is your legging it as fast as you can and jumping on the sled and hoping it goes right. sometimes it is scary. i remember in sochi just before the race was about to start

i was petrified because as soon as i started the run there was nothing more i can do. ijust wanted to squeeze every hundredth of a second out of the run to secure a gold medal. i came through the finish line, looked at the clock and saw the number one and it was the tingling all over that i had done it. i've done it! it was amazing. how soon afterwards did you think about another success? as soon as someone mentioned defending the title, i thought it would be amazing to do. that is how to win your first world championships. i said i wanted to be world champion and i'm so pleased that i have done it. the olympic skeleton champion then took a year of a break from the sport. when i came back, i had achieved

everything i wanted to. i realised i was exhausted. what have you done this year? i planned my wedding and moved house. i took some lampshade—making courses. and other bits. wallpapering. i needed a break to remember who i was as a person, not just an athlete. getting back into training is more fun than i remember. it's really strange. i have come back stronger. she is picking up where she left off. i would never have known if it was a good idea to take a year off if i had not come back so strongly. a good getting—back—into—it year, and now i cannot wait for the olympic season and my dream is to defend my title.

at the age of 16, katie ormerod narrowly missed out in selection for snowboarding. but four years on, could this she have her coming—of—age inside korea? —— could she have. she is one of the best medal hopes in big air. my name is katie and i am a freestyle snowboarder. i will take you through a day in the life of how i live and what i do as a professional snowboarder. we also have down days so i will show you going to the gym and what i do, go exploring. i hope you enjoy it. hello? still in bed. i got involved in freestyle snowboarding when i was five years old. i love it, the fact you can travel the world with your best friends. so this is outside our apartment.

uk sport are putting a lot of funding into us, which makes it easier to go and train and get access to the facilities we need. going to go home, now, and get changed and go on a hiking adventure. of it because if i ride hard it hurts a little bit.

going up the mountain now. maddie, my cousin jamie. .. we are at 3,000 metres. we are going to do some tricks. so hare this season, katie ormerod has excelled in both

disciplines, becoming the first ever big air world cup winner injanuary and bronze followed by silver at the air and style event in austria. she is not the only freestyle medal prospect. here are some of the others to watch. looking forward to pyeongchang in 2018, there is plenty to get excited about — both in skiing and snowboarding. in snowboarding, it is mostly about men's slopestyle. you've billy morgan and jamie nicholls, the two big names. there is no reason why we cannot get more medals this year. we are doing really well. there is a long way to go and i'm just trying to get my tricks back and solid.

but behind them, you have matt mccormack and roland colthurst, both very impressive young talents. in the freestyle skiing, there is pipe and slopestyle to look forward to. in pipe, this junior olympic gold—medalist will almost certainly go to pyeongchang. it is her first olympics but anything can, and probably will, happen. there is no pressure because i'm the youngest to get the olympics. just to get there be an achievement. it would just be... not many people do it, so it would be nice to get there. obviously, if i do well, that is even better. in slopestyle you have two sisters, katie and molly, and this athlete who's came so close in sochi, can he make it onto the podium? we know freestyle has the fun factor, but can

curling be considered cool? every four years interest leads the nation, and during sochi 2014, #lovecurling became a social media trend, as britain won silver and bronze medals. in pyeongchang, a brother and sister could be taking to the ice. built on an old car park near london's olympic stadium, this curling rink is evidence of a sport on the rise. it's increased profile is mainly thanks to great britain's men and women at sochi 2014, where they won half of team gb‘s medals. great britain are in the olympic final and are guaranteed a medal! the brushes go in the air and britain have won the bronze medal.

the chance to go for more olympic glory cannot come quickly enough. it is never off your mind. ever since i threw my last go in sochi i have been thinking about the next one and how i can do better. this year is important for us to put down a good mark going to korea. since 2014, the team have shown great consistency at the same event, her older brother- as part of the men's team. yeah, she has represented the country much more than me, but i hope that will not be the case for very much longer. with mixed doubles making its debut, what is the chance of the siblings bring together? it sounds fantastic to me. i've tried playing with my dad once mixed doubles. that didn't go well.

if we could get our heads down and make sure we get there then hopefully we can make that storyline happen. while the muirheadss fly high, the silver medallist has represented the country since the sochi triumph. that's been frustrating. we have done a lot of things right and got into most of the finals, just finished it off. that is something we are trying to change and we are doing very well on tour and top ten in the world, but we want to get back to the championships and be there. that is the most important thing. we have a passion for it, we want to be better and on the podium. instead, making a strong case to wear gb‘s colours, his former team—mate. that's a dream for me. that is what it is all about and what i'm fighting for. i still love the sport. that is why i get up and go to the gym at six in the morning and take time away from my family, which is hard.

it would be the ultimate for me. i don't think any team has stood out and to be selected and have that plane ticket to korea. so whoever has a good year this year has the best chance of going. bobsleigh is one of the most popular sports at the winter olympics, but you have to go back to 1998 for britain's last medal. the four—man team did come close in sochi, missing bronze by only a fraction of a second. now with some new recruits and good results, the squad is filling optimistic about their pyeongchang potential. the initialfeeling is terror. you are running faster than an olympics better. the whole way down you regret pushing so hard. you think, what have you done? the g—force puts stress on your body. i was getting nosebleeds two or three times a day.

i thought it would be like this they land. ——disneyland. they both think it is like a roller—coaster, but it is not. roller—coaster is you know what is coming. in this your head is down and you're just being thrown. it is a difficult experience but it is exciting. it is a challenge and i love the speed. it was fast in sochi. what do you remember? at the time i was over the moon. we were there to be competitive and we had finished fifth. once the dust settled, we were very close to a medal. it was slightly disappointing. full extension here... to make up those crucial fractions of a second, gb bobsleigh are using former sprinters. this runner was the joint third quickest british

100 metre runner ever. i did not think i could do that with my body. i started crying. how has this happened to me? they complement each other well, but there are some big differences. i'm not that big in comparison to other bobsleighers. i have to use my body to be more aggressive. sprinting there is more finesse involved. do you allow yourself to dream of medals in both sports this year? i have thought about it. one at a time. but it would be nice. my main focus is being at the olympics as the best in the world. that is something they proved they were not far away from when they finished fourth in the world in the two—man event. everyone is such a standard it is just a case of finding a combination that

works well together. i have no doubt when we get to pyeongchang, we will be ready to take on the world for a medal. i am showing my age. the bobsleigh team are my new family. i believe that we can achieve the same as i achieved in 2004. whatever team you end up on, you are trying to win a medal. from a sport that receives millions of pounds in funding, to one that receives nothing from uk sport. alpine skiing has been a privilege and in recent years, which we can trace back to baxter's stripped medal in 2002. —— a poor relation in recent years. but gb is trying to put that back. it is you against a mountain.

it isa it is a pressure cooker situation. your legs are throbbing. you have to keep moving and going. it is not a nice feeling. but it is a massive release when you have done well. that is something dave ryding has done this season. 12 months ago at top 20 finish would have been considered a good he got a silver medal last month | on and off the slopes. i feel the gym side of it makes a big difference. if i'm not strong then i can feel but i am slower and i'm not getting the same rebound from the skis. it is a big part of being an alpine skier. but his path has been challenging, with the gb alpine programme receiving no funding.

that is something he believes would have been different if baxter had not been stripped of his olympic bronze medal for accidentally taking a banned substance in 2002. i watched it and i thought it was surreal. to be taken away from him in the way it was. it was an inhaler, it was so unlucky. the sponsors would have been lined up the sponsors would have been lined upfor the sponsors would have been lined up for the the sponsors would have been lined upforthe team, the sponsors would have been lined up for the team, uk sport would have still been with alan. it was a travesty. has it has been tough for your sport? are things turning a corner now? things are turning a corner now. we have some young people skiing now and hopefully we can bring more people into the sport and secure some national lottery funding. how much of a difference without me? how much of a difference would that make? it would benefit the programme massively and it would support the young guys coming through but the pathway is well and the sport will go from strength

to strength in the future. what is the target for pyeongchang? i think if i keep going and working hard i can do something special. britain doesn't have a history of winter olympic medal success, nothing like in the summer. but figure skating has been the most profitable sport for team gb. figure skating is always a hit at the winter olympics, it is a show of strength, grace and artistry. for britain no one has come close to torvill and dean and robin cousins in the 1980s. you know you have seen the best in the world. gold medallist, robin cousins of great britain. for british skaters winning gold in pyeongchang

would be a difficult task. the men's event will likely be bought out between the japanese superstar and the 2016 world champion from spain. philip harris is hoping to be in the mix for great britain, although he has to come in the top 20 at the world championships in march and last time he came 22nd. he needs a really good performance this time around. britain's best prospects are in eye stance. ——ice dance. they came seventh in the world championships, but they are very unlucky. nick had to undergo life—saving heart surgery and they missed most of 2015 because they were both seriously ill. last summer, penny shattered her kneecap and she is had to go through months of rehabilitation. she stepped gingerly back onto the ice in november but now it is a race against time for them to win the place at the winter olympics.

while success was the theme for many british athletes in sochi, that was not case for elise christie who was disqualified from all three events are left devastated. since then, medals rather than tears have fallen. a world record at the 500 metres set her out as a genuine gold—medal prospect. they have all gone down! i can't believe it, christie has been penalised again and she is not going to advance into the medal contest. it was a horrible time in my life, but it has now passed. i'm a different person now.

it has been an amazing development and everyone has helped me get there and i feel more ready than i ever have for an olympic games. i have achieved more than what i thought i was going to, for sure. it hasn't even sunk in, i think it will take until i finished the season. is it your best season? in terms of the way you are skating? i was totally different last year. i'm much better and much calmer now. i'm in the best place just now. why do you think that is? physically i have always been up there. tactically i have worked on that for years but mentally you're maybe not as strong.

i believe in myself now and i believe i'm capable of winning an olympic gold. whether that is going to happen is not my control, it is down to the gods, but i'm doing everything i can. what does pyeongchang means you? that is the focus and it has been my head nonstop. initially it was in my head in a negative way, and now it is not. i am so excited for it. i cannot wait to get out there. a year feels like so long now. in just one year we will find out which of those athletes have what it takes to reach the podium. hopefully this will be team gb‘s best winter olympics. keep checking our website for the latest on the british athletes. there will be some fantastic stories as they continue on the path to pyeongchang.