Great Britain skier Andrew Musgrave has denied that his 2014 Winter Olympics campaign has been a complete failure.
The 23-year-old finished 44th in the men's 15km classic in Sochi, before having to pull out of the team sprint event due to medical reasons, which affected teammate Andrew Young.
Despite this, Musgrave placed 27th in the sprint prologue - Britain's highest ever cross-country finish at the Winter Games - and still has today's 50km mass start to make a further impact.
"So far it doesn't look like I am good at tackling pressure," Musgrave told Teamgb.com. "Things haven't gone at all according to plan so far – knocked out in the quarters in the sprint, went quite slowly in the classic, Andrew had problems.
"So it has not been ideal but there's still the 50km to go so hopefully things will turn around. I wouldn't say it was a storming success but it is not complete abysmal failure. I was still top 30 in the sprint.
"It has not been a disaster by any means but personally at least it is not what I have been dreaming of. This year I have obviously had more volume in my training, I have trained a little bit harder generally so hopefully I will have a better base and manage the full 50km without dying."
Team GB have won four medals at the Sochi Games so far.
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