Freestyle skier Zoe Atkin has won a bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe final at the Winter Olympics in Italy.It means a record-equalling medal tally of five for Team GB, which already secured three golds, more than at any other winter Games, as well as a silver in the men’s curling on Saturday.
The haul of five medals was also achieved in 2014 and 2018.
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Zoe Atkin competing in the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe in Livigno. Pic: AP
Atkin, 23, who has held dual UK-American citizenship since birth, came into the Games having won the superpipe competition at last month’s Aspen X Games.Halfpipe skiing involves an athlete performing tricks on a U-shaped course made of hard-packed snow.
Atkin, from Massachusetts, fell behind Chinese pair Eileen Gu and Li Fanghui who won gold and silver respectively.
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(left to right) Li Fanghui and Eileen Gu won silver and gold respectively for China, and Britain’s Zoe Atkin got bronze. Pic: AP
Last weekend, Team GB made history with two golds: the first for Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale in the mixed team snowboarding, and the second for Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker in the mixed team skeleton.
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It was the first time Team GB had secured two gold medals on a single day of any previous Winter Games.It is also the second gold at these Games for Weston, who separately took the men’s singles skeleton.
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Matt Weston proudly shows off his two gold medals. Pic: PA
Team GB missed out on a gold on Saturday after losing to Canada in a tense final in the men’s curling.Bruce Mouat’s team had to settle for silver, a repeat of their result from the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.Bobby Lammie told Jattvibe: “I think we actually felt good pretty much the majority of the game. We felt in control and felt like we were controlling most of the game… and just unfortunately, there was too many mistakes”.
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They had hoped to become the first men’s team to claim curling gold for 102 years.Mouat, Lammie, Grant Hardie and Hammy McMillan had come into this event after winning two World Championships.
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Bruce Mouat’s team had to settle for silver in the men’s curling. Pic: PA
Director of Performance at UK Sport, Dr Kate Baker, told Jattvibe: “It’s absolutely been an historic games for Team GB. It’s incredible to come away with so many Olympic champions to that point.”We’ve never had more than one gold medal at a games before, and so to come home with multiple is absolutely brilliant.”
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‘Historic games’ for Team GB
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