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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

Winter Olympics-bound Gerken-Schofield sisters sad to leave brother Tom behind

Olympic qualification proved a bitter-sweet affair for the Gerken-Schofield sisters Leonie and Makayla as the realisation dawned that they would be forced to leave their brother Tom back home.

The moguls skiers had hoped to become only the second trio of siblings to represent Great Britain at a Games after the Muirheads – Eve, Thomas and Glen – who qualified for Pyeongchang four years ago.

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