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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle in Livigno

‘The Brits are coming again’: Team GB hail their greatest ever Winter Olympics

Two of Britain’s gold medallists, Matt Weston and Charlotte Bankes, with the Union flag at Sunday night’s closing ceremony
Two of Britain’s gold medallists, Matt Weston and Charlotte Bankes, with the union jack at Sunday night’s closing ceremony. Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP

Team GB have hailed a “historic” Winter Olympics after Britain’s greatest performance in the 102 years of the Games left them 15th in the medal table – and warned their rivals the “Brits are coming again”.

Zoe Atkin’s women’s halfpipe bronze medal on Sunday ensured that Britain left Milano Cortina with five medals – equalling the tally from Sochi in 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018. However, Team GB also won a record three gold medals with Matt Weston winning two of them in the individual skeleton and the mixed event with Tabitha Stoecker. Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale also took gold in the mixed snowboard cross, while the men’s curling team won silver.

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