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.

She chose her final run to debut a trick she had never tried before, and the gamble paid off in style as she took gold by less than a point.

Gu has two more shots at freeskiing gold in Beijing, in halfpipe and slopestyle, and could well end up as the star of the Games.

Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger became the first three-time women’s luge Olympic champion as she added to the gold medals she won in Sochi and Pyeongchang.

The 34-year-old gave birth to her son two years ago, and revealed this was her toughest victory to date.

“I think it was a pretty hard way because my son is absolutely my number one, and my training was around my child,” Geisenberger said. “But that I’m now here with another gold medal is just amazing.”

Britain’s mixed curlers Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds were well-beaten in their bronze-medal match as they lost 9-3 to Sweden.

The pair were beaten on the last stone by Norway in the last four, as they missed out on the chance to go for gold.

And Mouat and Dodds were unable to secure Team GB’s first medal of the Games as they struggled to get into the game against the Swedish pair.

Afterwards, Mouat said: “We just got off to a bad start which punished us. We had to fight back from that. We’re just going to have to console ourselves because we’ve got a big week with both our teams. We’re both ready for that.”

Both Dodds and Mouat will return to competition in the respective women’s and men’s team events.

Elsewhere, 17-year-old Kirsty Muir finished an impressive fifth in the big air final, after a brilliant first run left her in the bronze medal position.

She