This week, former University of Gloucestershire student Lizzy Yarnold became Great Britain’s greatest ever Winter Olympian, after winning gold in Pyeongchang. The 29-year old retained the title she earned four years earlier in Sochi, becoming the first Briton to successfully defend a title in the Winter Olympics. Embed from Getty Images With dizzy spells threatening Yarnold’s hopes, […]
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Pyeongchang’s Winter Olympic legacy and its inspiring athletes – why there is more to the Games than Lizzie Yarnold’s gold
The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have been a welcome reminder of what affect sport can have on people’s lives. Whilst a lot of the focus from an English perspective has been on Lizzie Yarnold, there have been a few real feel good stories that have come from this year’s competition. In this morning’s events we […]
Winter Olympics: Lizzie Yarnold leads Team GB at the Winter Olympics
Lizzie Yarnold carried the British Flag in Pyeongchang at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. She led all 58 British athletes around the stadium in South Korea, there were due to be 59 British athletes however Katie Ormerod misses out with a fractured heal. Embed from Getty Images Yarnold said when speaking to the BBC: […]
Katie Ormerod leads the way for Team GB’s medal hopes ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
With the Winter Olympics starting tomorrow, we take a look at some of the medal hopefuls for the games with an exciting two weeks of action to come in Pyeongchang.