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Who is Matt Weston? GB skeleton star going for first Winter Olympics gold

Matt Weston is a former elite athlete in two other sports before he became a serial winner in skeleton

The Independent UK

Charlotte Bankes suffers quarter-final exit in familiar tale for Team GB

The 30-year-old had high hopes of a snowboard cross medal.

The Independent UK

Quarter-final curse strikes again for Charlotte Bankes as GB medal drought continues

A tearful Bankes apologised and said sport ‘can be cruel’ as she exited in the quarter-finals for the second Winter Olympics in a row

The Independent UK

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Winter Olympics live: Matt Weston bids to end Team GB’s medal drought in final skeleton heats

Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt will go for skeleton medals on day 7 with plenty of other Brits also in action

The Independent UK

The five Winter Olympic sports Team GB will never master as medal drought goes on

Near misses have been the story of the 2026 Winter Olympics but even that would be progress in some disciplines.

The Independent UK

Team GB’s skeleton star Matt Weston in gold medal position at halfway point

Reigning world champion Matt Weston is the heavy favourite to break GB’s medal drought in Cortina

The Independent UK

How Bruce Mouat ‘rebounded’ from Winter Olympics heartbreak for shot at curling redemption

Just over 24 hours after he and Jen Dodds missed out on bronze in the mixed doubles, Mouat’s men’s side defeated China in their opener to set up a rematch against Sweden from the Beijing final

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Heartbreak for Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson as Team GB’s medal drought continues

Fear and Gibson were widely tipped to win Britain’s first figure skating medal since Lillehammer 1994, but suffered heartbreak as they recorded their worst result since their debut Olympics four years ago

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics live: Ukrainian disqualified over banned war tribute helmet and Team GB’s Weston and Wyatt in skeleton action

Vladyslav Heraskevych has defied the IOC’s rules in an effort to pay tribute to compatriots killed during the war with Russia

The Independent UK

The dark cloud hanging over the Winter Olympics’ most glamorous sport

Team GB’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are in contention for a medal, but the new partnership of France’s Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry is at the centre of a scandal hanging over figure skating in Milan

The Independent UK

Squeaky bum time? How Team GB can save Winter Olympics despite slow start

The wait for a first medal goes on but the camp still believe they have several aces to play, especially in the skeleton

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics 2026: More heartbreak for Team GB as Italy nick curling bronze

Britain’s wait for a first medal of the games wears on

Evening Standard

Lindsey Vonn has 'no regrets' after 'complex' leg break: 'I tried, I dreamt, I jumped'

American facing ‘multiple surgeries’ after crash at Winter Olympics

Evening Standard

Close call for Mia Brookes in big air as Team GB endure Tragic Monday

Team GB suffered an agonising day at the Winter Olympics, with Mia Brookes and Kirsty Muir just missing medals and the curlers losing mixed doubles semi-final

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Ice dancers Fear and Lewis Gibson in the hunt for medal after rhythm dance

The British fair are fourth in the standings ahead of Wednesday’s free dance, with a tight battle expected for the podium

Evening Standard

Team GB medal wait goes on as Mia Brookes misses audacious trick in snowboard finale

Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics still fruitless for British contenders after disappointing Monday

The Independent UK

No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver

Team GB’s snowsport stars fell short of the podium on a dramatic day at Livigno Snow Park

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Mia Brookes narrowly misses medal after bold trick in Olympic snowboard final

The 19-year-old was “stoked” to have tried the “really special trick”.

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The Independent UK

Jutta Leerdam wins speed skating gold as fiancé Jake Paul cries in audience

The two-time world champion set a new Olympic record as the Netherlands finished first and second

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics live: Mia Brookes edged out for big air medal after Kirsty Muir misery

Team GB failed in their pursuit of a first medal of the Games with Mia Brookes and Kirsty Muir both edged off the podium

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics 2026: Jutta Leerdam takes speed skating gold but GB medal wait goes on – as it happened

There were gold medals for the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Japan but Team GB were denied again

The Independent UK

Team GB set for pivotal day with gold hopes in snow sports

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Winter Olympics live: Sweden’s Wrana siblings star to take down USA and win mixed curling gold

Sweden’s brother-and-sister pair Rasmus and Isabella Wrana battled from behind to beat the USA in the mixed doubles gold medal match

The Independent UK

Team GB cross fingers for ‘Magic Monday’ with two snowsport medals up for grabs

Team GB have the chance to win two medals and guarantee another on what could be a ‘Magic Monday’ in Milano-Cortina

The Independent UK

Mia Brookes overcomes nerve-wracking start to qualify for Winter Olympics Big Air final

19-year-old Mia Brookes is among Team GB’s best hopes of gold in Milano-Cortina but needed a flawless second run to secure her spot in the final 12

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