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Zoe Atkin: British freestyle skier wins halfpipe World Cup crown
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (263+ words) Zoe Atkin topped the qualification standings and was dominant in the final Olympic bronze medallist Zoe Atkin finished her halfpipe season on a high with victory in the final event of the campaign to secure her first outright overall World…...
Charlotte Bankes wins snowboard cross gold at World Cup event
3+ week, 5+ day ago (235+ words) Bankes helped win one of GB's three gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics Great Britain's Winter Olympics gold medallist Charlotte Bankes claimed victory in the women's snowboard cross at the World Cup event in Erzurum, Turkey on Sunday. Bankes thrillingly…...
Demand for snow sports jumps after Winter Olympics success
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (224+ words) An activity centre says it saw a "huge spike in interest" in ski and snowboard lessons during the Winter Olympics. Mendip Activity Centre in Churchill, North Somerset, was fully booked during the half-term school holiday. Ski instructor George Combe said:…...
Winter Olympics homecoming LIVE: Team GB athletes arrive back in UK after record gold medals
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (553+ words) Follow live coverage as Team GB arrive home from the Winter Olympics - watch live (UK audiences only) Approximately 30 Team GB athletes are set to arrive at Gatwick airport at 11:30 GMT It follows their best gold medal performance at a Games…...
Winter Olympics 2026: Why 2026 marks a historic Games for Team GB
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1145+ words) Team GB's Weston crowned men's skeleton Olympic champion If someone had told you 16 days ago that Team GB would win three gold medals at the Winter Olympics, would you have believed it? Perhaps not - but it happened. Tonight, flagbearers Matt…...
Winter Olympics 2026: Zoe Atkin's bronze medal run in women's halfpipe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (100+ words) Zoe Atkin scores 92.5 in her final women's halfpipe run to win bronze and become the first GB athlete to win a medal in the event. Watch more Winter Olympics Videos GB's Atkin takes halfpipe bronze with high-scoring third run. Video,…...
Winter Olympics 2026: 'I've dreamed about this' - Zoe Atkin on her halfpipe bronze
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (97+ words) Great Britain's Zoe Atkin reflects on claiming the bronze medal in the women's freeski halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics. WATCH MORE: Winter Olympics Video 'I'm so happy!' - GB's Atkin delighted with halfpipe bronze medal. Video, 00:03:00'I'm so happy!' - GB's…...
Winter Olympics 2026: Zoe Atkin wins bronze in women's halfpipe final
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (90+ words) Zoe Atkin receives her bronze medal to become the first GB athlete to win a medal in the women's halfpipe. Watch more Winter Olympics Videos Atkin receives bronze for Team GB's fifth medal. Video, 00:00:27Atkin receives bronze for Team GB's fifth…...
Winter Olympics 2026: Zoe Atkin wins halfpipe bronze for Team GB's fifth medal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (802+ words) GB's Atkin claims halfpipe bronze as Gu wins gold Freestyle skier Zoe Atkin won bronze in the women's halfpipe to secure Great Britain's fifth medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, equalling the team's record-best haul. The 23-year-old had already secured a…...
Winter Olympics: Talent ID scheme and athlete gold medal success explained
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (953+ words) Have you got what it takes to be a Winter Olympian? You're at home. Lying on the couch. Packet of crisps almost finished. Mild lower back pain niggling away. Dishes in the sink still to do. And yet, as you…...