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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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.
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.
UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger said she was “not panicking yet” after Team GB suffered more Winter Olympics disappointment in Beijing.
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Team GB gold medal favourite Charlotte Bankes says she was in a state of “disbelief” after missing out on racing for the podium in snowboard cross. The world champion could only place third in the quarter-final after making a mistake on one of the banks which allowed a rival to undertake her and then losing out on second in the final jump. Ad/> The USA’s Lindsey Jacobellis exorcised demons of missing out on gold at Turin 2006 to take a sensational victory, making her America's oldest Winter Olympic champion at 36.
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.
Favourite Charlotte Bankes was eliminated at the quarter-final stage as American veteran Lindsey Jacobellis claimed an extraordinary first Olympic gold medal in women’s snowboard-cross at the age of 36.
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a third gold medal on snow were dashed as favourite Charlotte Bankes was eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the women’s snowboard-cross in Beijing.