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
In a must win game on day four at the Champéry Curling Arena, Team GB kept their nerve to produce a mature and disciplined display to beat Slovenia 6-2. The game was nip and tuck throughout but as the game went on Team GB applied the pressure and forced the Slovenians into a mistake in
Mirren Foy and Amy Robery are both well in contention to reach the last four of the mixed country 3-on-3 ice hockey event after another successful day on the ice at Lausanne 2020. Foy (Team Blue) and Robery (Team Black) are involved in a three-way tie at the top of the women’s standings alongside Team
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