GB freeskier Gus Kenworthy misses out on podium on Olympic comeback
Gus Kenworthy finished sixth in the men’s freeski half-pipe final, falling twice to end his hopes of a medal under the lights at Livigno Snow Park.
American Alex Ferreira won gold with an unbeaten score of 93.75 on his final run, while Estonia’s 19-year-old Henry Sildaru took silver with 93.00 and Canadian Brendan Mackay bronze with 91.00.
Kenworthy qualified in ninth place having come out of retirement from the sport for one more tilt at the Olympic Games.
Flo Clifford21 February 2026 15:15
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Will Castle21 February 2026 15:00
How Team GB pulled off a great escape to guarantee curling medal
Here’s our report from Team GB’s curling semi-final triumph in Cortina:
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk once surmised that history does nothing but repeat itself.
In Cortina, Great Britain’s curlers are hoping to prove that notion true.
Rhona Martin and Eve Muirhead both led British squads to unlikely curling gold medals and on Saturday night, Bruce Mouat will hope to do the same after a day of rollercoaster emotions on and off the ice.
Charlie Bennett21 February 2026 14:45
The Winter Olympics’ newest sport is entertaining – but fundamental flaws make it merely a gimmick
The first-ever Olympic ski mountaineering medals were handed out on Thursday, with world champions Oriol Cardona Coll of Spain and Marianne Fatton of Switzerland taking gold in the men’s and women’s races, respectively.
Ski mountaineering – skimo for short – is the first new sport added to the Winter Olympics programme since skeleton in 2002, but may not prove quite as long-lasting.
It had an inauspicious beginning as Bormio – which has also hosted the men’s Alpine skiing – was covered in a blanket of snow, with heavy snow falling throughout the competitions and the powdery conditions less than ideal for the athletes.
Flo Clifford21 February 2026 14:30
Heartbreak for GB’s women’s rink
Of course, it hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows for Team GB’s curling campaign.
GB’s women’s curling team were dumped out of contention for a medal in brutal fashion after the USA clinched an extra-end win over Switzerland in their final round robin game.
Sophie Jackson’s rink beat Italy 7-4 in their final group stage game on Thursday but were left relying on other results to go their way in order to scrape into the semi-finals – the same position the British men’s rink were in.
GB had beaten the USA 8-7 in the round robin after the Americans let a lead slip, with a stunning shot from Rebecca Morrison keeping them in contention for the semi-finals.
And it looked like the Americans were about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against Switzerland too, as the Swiss scored three in the 10th end to leave the match poised at 6-6 going into an extra end.
The US made a messy start to the extra end but ultimately won by millimetres as Tabitha Peterson, with the hammer, delivered a superb final throw to just edge closer to the button than Switzerland’s two stones in the house.
It was a remarkable comeback but condemns Great Britain, who won the gold medal in Beijing 2022 under skip Eve Muirhead, to a group-stage exit.
Will Castle21 February 2026 14:15
Zoe Atkin could steal spotlight from Eileen Gu as she raises hopes of another Team GB gold
When Eileen Gu soared to freeski halfpipe gold four years ago, Zoe Atkin was just happy to be in a final.
Cut to four years later and it’s a different story.
Since her ninth-place finish at her maiden Olympic Games in Beijing 2022, Atkin has soared to the top of the international scene and grown into one of freestyle skiing’s most dominant halfpipe athletes.
So much so, she now enters her second Games as reigning world champion, X Games champion and joint Crystal Globe holder. So, bring it on Eileen.
Megan Armitage21 February 2026 14:00
Mandlbauer’s crewmates escape relatively unscathed
For those of you just joining us – Austrian bobsleigh pilot Jakob Mandlbauer is in hospital after being involved in a horror crash in Cortina earlier.
Luckily, Mandlbauer’s three teammates were all able to escape the sled and walk off the track back to the athlete area, but the pilot remained on the ice where he received treatment.
In an encouraging update, Team GB’s Greg Hackett confirmed his crew were “OK” after returning to the changing rooms.
And while Mandlbauer required hospitalisation, Hackett seemingly played down fears of any grave injury by saying: “It seems he can move, he’s alright.”
Given this was one of three crashes in the second heat alone, things definitely could have been worse. We’re all hoping for Mandlbauer’s recovery.
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Will Castle21 February 2026 13:49
Austria crash hard in bobsleigh
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Will Castle21 February 2026 13:40
GB pilot Brad Hall on hit-and-miss day one
“Bit lost for words to be honest,” said Hall, who saw Team GB drop from third to seventh after a poor second run.
“We had a really good first run, third place and then the second run got away from us. Don’t really know where so we’re going to go have to go back and look at the videos and see what happened. It felt like a nice run to me but we lost some time.
“I could see some of the clocks on the way down the track and we were in the green at turn seven so it must have been something from that point onwards. I’m really not sure what happened there.”
Will Castle21 February 2026 13:27
It proved a cursed second heat in Cortina with two more crashes ensuing before the end of the day’s action.
The French team, who were 26th after their first run, were next to suffer a heavy crash before Trinidad & Tobago – the last team to go – also crashed out.
However, in both cases, all four athletes from the respective crews were able to walk back to the athlete area, including British-born Trinidad & Tobago athlete Axel Brown.
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Will Castle21 February 2026 13:15