Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB's Charlotte Bankes qualifies second fastest for snowboard cross finals

Charlotte Bankes successfully qualified as the second seed for the snowboard cross finals. The Brit, who is the current world champion in snowboard cross, finished second in a time of 1:22.72 behind Italy's Michela Moioli (1:22.19).

Ad/> The timed runs decide the seeding for the races and Bankes rode the course smoothly to move into top spot initially. Beijing 2022‘Doubly wrong!’ – Shiffrin has ‘absolute nightmare’ as she crashes out again2 HOURS AGO Beijing 2022 LIVE Beijing 2022 schedule, big names, key events But the world champion was overtaken by PyeongChang 2018 snowboard cross champion Moiolo, who came in just over half a second quicker than her rival.

Mereye Odine from Canada finished as the third seed with her time of 1:23.01, while legendary Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis came in fifth in a time of 1:22.19. Jacobellis' compatriots Stacy Gaskill (fourth) Faye Gulini (seventh) and Meghan Tierney (16th) were able to sit out the second run.

The women's snowboard cross finals will take place at 6:30 GMT. — — - Watch every moment of Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on discovery+ .