Great Britain are still struggling to get success at this years Winter Olympics and the chance to secure a single medal is quickly fading. The men’s and women’s GB Curling team’s were both struck with unfortunate losses. Following their success of beating Sweden in their last match the women’s team came up short against South […]
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LATEST FROM BEIJING: GB women’s curling team bounce back to beat defending Olympic champions in second match, Irene Schouten wins her second goal medal in speed skating
Great Britain’s women’s curling provided an immediate response after defeat earlier today, by thrashing Sweden 8-2 in their second round robin match. Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff were unlucky to lose 6-5 to Switzerland in the early hours of this morning, but responded well with a clinical win against the reigning […]
LATEST FROM BEIJING: Hossein Saveh Shemshaki becomes the first athlete in the Winter Olympics to return a positive doping test, Alessandro Haemmerle wins gold by narrow margins, and GB athletes begin to show fight.
In the Winter Olympics so far, team GB have had a medal drought, and the Skeleton might be their last hope. GB has historically found success in the sport, with Gloucestershire local Lizzy Yarnold earning gold medals in the competition at the past two Winter Olympic games, 2014 and 2018. Team GB’s skeleton athletes for […]