Lucky 13 for Team GB as curlers eye medals, 'Captian Clutch' leads Canada to hockey gold - Beijing diary

Finally some Team GB luck Day 13 proved a little more lucky for Team GB – Bruce Mouat’s men’s curling rink progressed into their final, Eve Muirhead qualified for the semis in scenes of high drama and there was a qualifying fourth place for halfpipe skier Zoe Atkin. Ad/> It's not always been that way — the British team bobsleigh team crashed on corner 13 at the Yanqinq Sliding Centre while Dave Ryding, wearing bib 13, finished 13th in the men's slalom. Beijing 2022It's Curling Home! – Best of Beijing2 HOURS AGO Atkin’s Olympic diet Team GB teenager Zoe Atkin has been late for most things at her first Olympics but her timing was perfect when it really mattered.

Zoe’s older sister Izzy won Britain’s first-ever Olympic medal on snow in 2018 and the younger sibling dropped into the Beijing halfpipe to qualify in fourth place. It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Zoe in China, however, particularly on the logistics front. “I’m having so much fun but I have also had a couple of mishaps,” she admitted.

“I missed my flight on the way here and I forgot to set an alarm this morning. “I’ll set two tomorrow to make sure it doesn’t happen again. But I’ve been having so much fun, I’ve been harassing people in the dining hall to trade pins with me.