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‘Clear-mindedness was in his eyes’, says Matt Weston’s PE teacher after gold win

The former rugby player and Tabby Stoecker claimed the medal in the mixed team skeleton competition on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker storm to history-making mixed team skeleton gold

Weston claimed his second gold medal of the Games.

The Independent UK

Records tumble for Team GB on super Sunday at Winter Olympics

Britain won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross and the mixed team skeleton on Sunday.

The Independent UK

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Alain Baxter pleased to ‘pave the way’ for a new breed of British alpine skiers

The Scot had his era-defining achievement erased from the history books.

The Independent UK

Matt Weston strikes Olympic gold and wants to win everything – even Monopoly

The dual world champion had led from the beginning of the competition.

The Independent UK

Ice-cool Matt Weston makes history and ends Team GB’s medal drought with skeleton gold

The reigning world champion and World Cup winner withstood all the pressure to break the Cortina track record four times in a row on his way to becoming Britain’s first ever men’s skeleton Olympic champion

The Independent UK

GB sliders boost medal hopes with impressive outings in skeleton heats

Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman are all inside the top 10 heading into the final heats and can challenge the medal places

The Independent UK

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Ukrainian athlete lodges appeal over Olympic disqualification after helmet row

Heraskevych was ruled out of competing at the Olympics before the skeleton competition began on Thursday

The Independent UK

The five Winter Olympic sports Team GB will never master as medal drought goes on

Near misses have been the story of the 2026 Winter Olympics but even that would be progress in some disciplines.

The Independent UK

Matt Weston well-placed to end Great Britain’s medal drought at Winter Olympics

Double world champion Weston leads the men’s skeleton competition overnight.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian racer says Winter Olympic ban over war victim helmet a win for Russian propaganda

Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych met with IOC president Kirsty Coventry ahead of the competition on Thursday morning

The Independent UK

How Bruce Mouat ‘rebounded’ from Winter Olympics heartbreak for shot at curling redemption

Just over 24 hours after he and Jen Dodds missed out on bronze in the mixed doubles, Mouat’s men’s side defeated China in their opener to set up a rematch against Sweden from the Beijing final

The Independent UK

I will not betray them – Ukrainian vows to compete in banned war victim helmet

Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych criticised the International Olympic Committee.

The Independent UK

IOC urges Ukrainian racer to compete amid row over banned war victim helmet

Vladyslav Heraskevych’s skeleton helmet features pictures of people who have been killed in the conflict with Russia.

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Evening Standard

Snoop Dogg ‘cannot wait’ to make first visit to Swansea for football match

The 54-year-old musician will be in the stands cheering on his team on February 24.

The Independent UK

British curling duo suffer Olympic medal heartbreak once again in mixed doubles

Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds lost 5-3 to Italy in the battle for bronze.

Evening Standard

Former top nurse urged to appear before MSPs

Tory health spokesman Sandesh Gulhane urged Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee to call Fiona McQueen.

The Independent UK

Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds miss out on mixed doubles curling bronze

The Great Britain pair went down 5-3 to Italy in the bronze medal match.

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Lindsey Vonn has ‘no regrets’ despite Olympics crash leaving her needing surgery

Vonn clipped a gate and crashed just seconds into her run, with a helicopter airlifting her off the mountain. She underwent surgery for a broken leg.

The Independent UK

Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery on broken leg as Olympic dream ends in heartbreak

Vonn, skiing with a ruptured ACL, crashed out early in the women’s downhill and had to be airlifted to hospital.

The Independent UK

Lindsey Vonn airlifted off mountain after crashing in Olympic women’s downhill

The American superstar clipped a gate and somersaulted off the course, leading to an extended delay as she was tended by a team of medics.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid after death of former SNP health secretary Jeane Freeman

She was also the Scottish National Party’s MSP for the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency until 2021.

The Independent UK

How Snoop Dogg gave Britain’s curling hopes a boost as Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds chase Olympic gold

Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds made the perfect start in the round-robin at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Evening Standard

British Olympic curlers make plea to Snoop Dogg after ‘starstruck’ encounter

Team GB members Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds were surprised to learn the US rapper knew who they were.

The Independent UK

‘Starstruck’ Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds plead for copy of Snoop Dogg selfie

The rapper is an honorary United States coach and NBC special correspondent at the Winter Olympics

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