Winter Olympics 2022 – Charlotte Bankes shows class in stunning QF race but misses out on team snowboard cross medal

Charlotte Bankes displayed her champion quality in the mixed team snowboard cross event but was unable to help Team GB reach the big final at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Teaming up with Huw Nightingale, Bankes was aiming to bounce back from the disappointment of exiting at the quarter-final stage of the women’s event earlier in the Winter Olympics.

Ad/> In the mixed team event, the 26-year-old outlined why she is a world champion when flying through the pack to help GB win their quarter-final despite starting with a disadvantage. Beijing 2022Jacobellis seals sensational Beijing double as USA win gold in mixed snowboard cross32 MINUTES AGO She almost clawed back a sizeable gap in the semis, but had to settle for third and a place in the small final along with Nightingale, where they came second to finish sixth overall.

The mixed event sees the men race first, with their finishing times determining when the women go in their leg in what is a staggered start. The first quarter-final saw Italian duo Omar Visintin and Michela Moioli comfortably advance when finishing three seconds ahead of Germany, who also reached the semis.

'She just couldn't hold on to it' — Morgan on Bankes failing to medal for GB 'You can't have a mistake like that' — GB's Bankes gutted at missing out on medal 'Bankes is out!' — Team GB star suffers heartbreak in 'big shock' Women’s cross champion Lindsey Jacobellis was in the next quarter-final, and after USA team-mate Nick Baumgartner finished his race second, she was almost brought down by Australian Josie Baff but managed to stay up to come first in a race where another Aussie, Belle Brockhoff, also fell. Switzerland joined USA in the semis after both Australian teams crashed out, and in