Goggia's the word, 'Ashes on Ice' heats up, no food fear for Team GB skater Lilah - Beijing diary

Defeat to be declared in ‘Ashes On Ice’ After losing the Ashes Down Under, Team GB are heading to an innings defeat by the Aussies on ice and snow. Ad/> The last time their rivals beat them at the Olympics — summer or winter — was 12 years ago in Vancouver. However, defeat looms unless there is a dramatic second week turnaround for the team in red, white and blue.

Beijing 2022Jacobellis' naughty grab and a mesmerising ice dance – Best of Beijing2 HOURS AGO Australia's silver medal in the skeleton on Sunday, scored by Jaclyn Narracott, equalled their best ever winter Games haul — a fourth medal to add to Jakara Anthony's moguls gold, Scotty James's snowboard halfpipe silver and Tess Coady's snowboard slopestyle bronze. Narracott is coached by husband Dom Parsons, who cheered her home in Aussie green and gold — very different from four years ago when he won bronze for Team GB. Goggia’s need to speed Italian speed demon Sofia Goggia’s skiing is so cavalier that it has inspired a new entry in the dictionary.

The reigning Olympic downhill champion leaves absolutely nothing in the start gate and her list of injuries is painful even to read. It includes a broken left arm, fractured right knee and sprained left knee that have curtailed her racing in each of the last three seasons. That gave rise to the Italian word ‘Goggiate’, used to describe a mistake that occurs when you’re going all out.