Heavy snow postpones Kirsty Muir’s second shot at Olympic medal
Kirsty Muir’s second shot at claiming an Olympic medal has been put on hold after heavy snow-fall caused the postponement of women’s ski-slopestyle qualifying at Genting Snow Park.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Eileen Gu and Kirsty Muir made to wait as slopestyle qualifiers postponed due to snowfall
Eileen Gu, Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes will have to wait for the chance to impress in the women’s freeski slopestyle after Sunday’s qualifiers were postponed due to bad weather. The first qualifying run had been set to start at 02:00 GMT but was initially delayed due to heavy snow – the first to fall in Beijing at the 2022 Winter Games.
Team GB 'not panicking yet' about medal drought, ice scandal hits the rink - Beijing diary
DON’T PANIC, SAYS UK SPORT BOSS British medal hopes have struggled so far — both Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds plus Charlotte Bankes were world champions in their events and yet didn't trouble the podium. Ad/> In addition both freeskier James Woods and snowboarder Katie Ormerod, proven World Cup winners, struggled in their first events. Kirsty Muir's fifth place in the skiing Big Air is certainly the highlight for the 50-strong team to date.
Winter Olympics 2022: 'I’m a bit behind on my work' - Kirsty Muir jokes about schoolwork worries after Games debut
Kirsty Muir has admitted her Olympic heroics have meant she has had to put the books aside. The 17-year-old impressed on her debut, finishing fifth in the big air final at the Beijing Games. Ad/> Speaking to Eurosport’s Radzi Chinyanganya and 2018 snowboarding bronze medallist Billy Morgan, Muir revealed life on the slopes may mean her education is on the back burner for the time being.
Winter Olympics 2022: China win big air gold as Britain suffer curling blow; latest news, results, medal table
China secured their third gold medal of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as 18-year-old Eileen Gu delivered under huge pressure in the big air final.
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.
Aberdeen teenage sensation Kirsty Muir soars to stunning fifth-place finish in Beijing Big Air at Winter Olympics
Kirsty Muir was high-flying in Beijing, the quiet girl of the Big Air underlining her status as something of an even bigger noise.
Winter Olympics 2022: Slopestyle next for Team GB’s Kirsty Muir after brilliant big air - then it’s back to school
Team GB freestyle skier Kirsty Muir is not focusing on a return to exam preparation yet — after making a “dream come true” by competing at the Winter Olympics and finishing fifth in her debut final — the big air competition. The 17-year-old was in bronze medal position after scoring 93.75 in her first run, thanks in part to landing her ‘dub 12’ trick, but was unable to break into the 80s over her next two runs, with China’s American-born star Eileen Gu taking gold ahead of Tess Ledeux of France and Mathilde Gremaud from Switzerland. Ad/> But Muir showed her immense promise, and she will now focus on slopestyle, before she crashes back down to reality.