Today at the Winter Olympics: Charlotte Bankes misses out on snowboard medal
Charlotte Bankes missed out on an expected medal in the women’s snowboard-cross as Great Britain’s disappointing start to the Winter Olympics continued in Beijing.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Don’t panic! Team GB could still achieve record medal haul, despite disappointment for Bankes
At every Olympics, summer or winter, there is nervousness about where the first British medal is coming from. When two of the favourites miss out on the podium — that’s when the panic really sets in. That might be where we are at on day five, after world champion Charlotte Bankes was unable to progress past the quarter-finals of snowboard cross, 24 hours after Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds missed out on mixed doubles curling bronze.
Dame Katherine Grainger ‘not panicking yet’ about GB’s lack of medals in Beijing
UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger said she was “not panicking yet” after Team GB suffered more Winter Olympics disappointment in Beijing.
Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s wait for a first medal continues
Great Britain’s wait for a medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics goes on.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Gutted’: Team GB’s Mouat and Dodds vow to return strongly for team events after doubles pain
Team GB curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have promised to pick themselves up and go again in the men’s and women’s team competitions, after missing out on Winter Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles. The world champions were thrashed 9-3 by Sweden, who won with two ends to spare. The damage was done in the second and third ends, which their opponents took by four and three stones respectively.
Team GB still waiting for first Winter Olympics medal after curlers are crushed by Sweden in play-off
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds miss out on curling bronze at Winter Olympics
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
