Today at the Winter Olympics: Muir shines on debut as GB curlers chase bronze

Kirsty Muir starred for Great Britain on the fourth full day of the Winter Olympics as the 17-year-old finished fifth in the women’s freestyle Big Air competition. Global superstars Eileen Gu and Nathan Chen also took gold as Team GB faced a do-or-die medal match on the curling rink.

Here, the PA news agency provides a quick guide to what has happened so far on Tuesday at the Winter Olympics – and the highlights still to come.

Muir landed a rare ‘dub 12’ trick as she finished in a superb fifth place on her Olympic debut in the freestyle Big Air. The 17-year-old crashed on her last of three runs as she aimed to improve into medal contention, but will take plenty of confidence into the slopestyle event later in the Games.

The event was won by Gu, the American-born 18-year-old who now represents China. Meanwhile, Chen produced a flawless, world record-breaking short program to take the lead in the men’s figure skating competition.

Great Britain’s curlers had to shrug off the memory of Monday’s semi-final defeat to Norway as they returned to the ice to face Sweden in a match to determine the bronze medallists in the mixed team competition.

Andrew Young, who made the Games in the nick of time after battling Covid, was set to compete in the men’s cross-country sprint alongside British team-mate James Clugnet.

Cornelius Kersten was also in action later on Tuesday, as he was set to become the first British men’s long-tracker since 1992 when he takes part in the 1500m.

I wanted to go for it and I'm proud of myself for doing that. Getting to the final, I knew I'd be happiest if I really went for it. The level was insane and I'm super-happy.- Kirsty Muir

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