Team GB will take a squad of 40 young athletes to compete at the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) taking place in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia from 24 to 30 July 2022. Banská Bystrica 2022 will see around 3,500 athletes and officials represent 48 European nations across 10 Olympic sports. Team GB’s athletes, who will
Two-time Olympian, Lizzie Simmonds, has been named as Chef de Mission for Team GB for the 2022 Banská Bystrica European Youth Olympic Festival. Simmonds, aged 31, will lead a team of aspiring Olympians into competition in the Slovakian city from 24-30 July 2022. The appointment sees Simmonds complete her own EYOF journey having previously competed
Team GB clinched two medals on the final day of competition at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Kirsty Muir secured Team GB’s only individual medal of the Games, winning silver in the freestyle skiing big air competition at the Leysin Park and Pipe Centre. The Scot, who qualified for the final in third place,
Following silver medal success in the women’s big air competition this afternoon, it was double delight for Kirsty Muir as she was announced as Team GB’s Closing Ceremony flagbearer. The Aberdeen based athlete has enjoyed an excellent week, securing a fourth place in slopestyle before finishing second today (170.00), just 1.25 points off gold medal
Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir qualified in third place in the big air competition on day 12 of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. The Aberdeen athlete qualified comfortably with a score of 81.33 behind two adversaries from the slopestyle event in the shape of Swedish skier Jennie-Lee Burmansson (second with 85.66) and Ailing Eileen Gu
Team Bath athletes Charlotte Longden and Will Scammell both finished a fine 12th overall when they represented Team GB in bobsleigh at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Longden went first in the women’s monobob competition on Sunday and got progressively quicker over her two runs, reaching speeds of 125.4km/h to finish on a combined
Robyn Mitchell and Jamie Rankin both secured a spot in the round of 12 of the mixed country doubles at Lausanne 2020. Mitchell and her Czech playing partner, Frantisek Jiral, beat the Korean/Polish pairing 6-5 after an excellent power play in the seventh end secured them a 6-4 lead which their opponents could only reply
Speed skater Theo Collins brought Team GB’s first week at Lausanne 2020 to a close as he collected his mixed country relay silver medal in St. Moritz. He had earlier competed in the final speed skating event – the men’s mass start – where he fell at the semi-final stage. Collins wasn’t Team GB’s only
Team GB scooped five medals on day six of Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Speed skater Theo Collins became the first Team GB medal winner at Lausanne 2020 as he collected silver in the mixed country team sprint. Competing with skaters from Finland, Japan and Poland, Collins’s team finished in a time of 2:05.92, and
Another brilliant performance from Team GB’s curlers, this time against New Zealand, wasn’t enough to see them through to the knock-out stages at Lausanne 2020 as Norway held on to defeat a spirited French side and knock the Brits out on head-to-head record. Team GB came into their final round robin fixture with their destiny
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