Post by Panda on Feb 3, 2022 20:41:12 GMT 1
This starts tomorrow in Beijing, though some preliminaries have been taking place during the week.
Gracenote's Virtual Medal Table predicts 3 medals for Great Britain: 2 gold and 1 silver. The golds come from snowboarder Charlotte Bankes, who previously competed for France but switched to GB (her parents are British and she was born here before moving to France at the age of 4) after the last Winter Olympics and is the current world snowboard-cross champion, and the mixed doubles curling pair of Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat. The men's curling team, led by Mouat, is predicted to win silver.
Some other British names to look out for are slalom skier Dave Ryding, who recently became the first British skier to win a World Cup event; Eve Muirhead, who is skip of the women's curling team for the fourth Games in a row; Izzy Atkin who will be hoping to win a slopestyle medal in freestyke skiing for the second games in a row and is joined in the squad by younger sister Zoe, herself a World Championship halfpipe medallist. Laura Deas is looking for a second medal in the women's skeleton - an event in which GB has won a medal in every Games since it was introduced in 2002. Cornelius Kersten and Ellia Smeding will become GB's first representatives in long-track speed skating since 1992. Montell Douglas becomes the first British woman to compete at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, joining Mica McNeill in the two-woman bobsleigh.
GB TEAM:
ALPINE SKIING
Slalom (M): Billy Major, Dave Ryding
Giant Slalom (W): Alexandra Tilley
Slalom (W): Charlie Guest, Alexandra Tilley
Mixed Team: All 4 listed above
BOBSLEIGH
Two-Man (M): Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson
Four-Man (M): Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson, Greg Cackett, Taylor Lawrence
Monobob (W): Mica McNeill
Two-Woman (W): Mica NcNeill, Montell Douglas
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
15km Classical (M): Andrew Musgrave, Andrew Young
30km Skiathlon (M): as above
50km Freestyle (M): as above
Sprint (M): James Clugnet, Andrew Young
Team Sprint (M): James Clugnet, Andrew Young
CURLING
Men's: Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillian Jr, Ross Whyte
Women's: Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff, Mili Smith
Mixed Doubles: Bruce Mouat, Jen Dodds
FIGURE SKATING
Individual (W): Natasha McKay
Ice Dance: Lilah Fear, Lewis Gibson
FREESTYLE SKIING
Aerials (M): Lloyd Wallace
Big Air (M): James Woods
Halfpipe (M): Gus Kenworthy
Slopestyle (M): James Woods
Big Air (W): Kirsty Muir, Katie Summerhayes
Halfpipe (W): Zoe Atkin
Slopestyle (W): Izzy Atkin, Kirsty Muir, Katie Summerhayes
Moguls (M): Will Feneley
Moguls (W): Leonie Gerken-Schofield, Makayla Gerken-Schofield
Ski Cross (M): Oliver Davies
LUGE
Men's: Rupert Staudinger
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
1000m (M): Farrell Treacy, Niall Treacy
1500m (M): Farrell Treacy
500m (W): Kathryn Thomson
1000m (W): Kathryn Thomson
1500m (W): Kathryn Thomson
SKELETON
Men's: Matt Weston, Marcus Wyatt
Women's: Brogan Crowley, Laura Deas
SNOWBOARDING
Big Air (W): Katie Ormerod
Slopestyle (W): Katie Ormerod
Snowboard Cross (M): Huw Nightingale
Snowboard Cross (W): Charlotte Bankes
Mixed Team Snowboard Cross: Huw Nightingale, Charlotte Bankes
SPEED SKATING
1000m (M): Cornelius Kersten
1500m (M): as above
1000m (W): Ellia Smeding
1500m (W): as above
Live coverage is on BBC and Eurosport (and Discovery+).
I'll try and do daily medal updates and points table, time allowing.
Gracenote's Virtual Medal Table predicts 3 medals for Great Britain: 2 gold and 1 silver. The golds come from snowboarder Charlotte Bankes, who previously competed for France but switched to GB (her parents are British and she was born here before moving to France at the age of 4) after the last Winter Olympics and is the current world snowboard-cross champion, and the mixed doubles curling pair of Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat. The men's curling team, led by Mouat, is predicted to win silver.
Some other British names to look out for are slalom skier Dave Ryding, who recently became the first British skier to win a World Cup event; Eve Muirhead, who is skip of the women's curling team for the fourth Games in a row; Izzy Atkin who will be hoping to win a slopestyle medal in freestyke skiing for the second games in a row and is joined in the squad by younger sister Zoe, herself a World Championship halfpipe medallist. Laura Deas is looking for a second medal in the women's skeleton - an event in which GB has won a medal in every Games since it was introduced in 2002. Cornelius Kersten and Ellia Smeding will become GB's first representatives in long-track speed skating since 1992. Montell Douglas becomes the first British woman to compete at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, joining Mica McNeill in the two-woman bobsleigh.
GB TEAM:
ALPINE SKIING
Slalom (M): Billy Major, Dave Ryding
Giant Slalom (W): Alexandra Tilley
Slalom (W): Charlie Guest, Alexandra Tilley
Mixed Team: All 4 listed above
BOBSLEIGH
Two-Man (M): Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson
Four-Man (M): Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson, Greg Cackett, Taylor Lawrence
Monobob (W): Mica McNeill
Two-Woman (W): Mica NcNeill, Montell Douglas
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
15km Classical (M): Andrew Musgrave, Andrew Young
30km Skiathlon (M): as above
50km Freestyle (M): as above
Sprint (M): James Clugnet, Andrew Young
Team Sprint (M): James Clugnet, Andrew Young
CURLING
Men's: Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillian Jr, Ross Whyte
Women's: Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff, Mili Smith
Mixed Doubles: Bruce Mouat, Jen Dodds
FIGURE SKATING
Individual (W): Natasha McKay
Ice Dance: Lilah Fear, Lewis Gibson
FREESTYLE SKIING
Aerials (M): Lloyd Wallace
Big Air (M): James Woods
Halfpipe (M): Gus Kenworthy
Slopestyle (M): James Woods
Big Air (W): Kirsty Muir, Katie Summerhayes
Halfpipe (W): Zoe Atkin
Slopestyle (W): Izzy Atkin, Kirsty Muir, Katie Summerhayes
Moguls (M): Will Feneley
Moguls (W): Leonie Gerken-Schofield, Makayla Gerken-Schofield
Ski Cross (M): Oliver Davies
LUGE
Men's: Rupert Staudinger
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
1000m (M): Farrell Treacy, Niall Treacy
1500m (M): Farrell Treacy
500m (W): Kathryn Thomson
1000m (W): Kathryn Thomson
1500m (W): Kathryn Thomson
SKELETON
Men's: Matt Weston, Marcus Wyatt
Women's: Brogan Crowley, Laura Deas
SNOWBOARDING
Big Air (W): Katie Ormerod
Slopestyle (W): Katie Ormerod
Snowboard Cross (M): Huw Nightingale
Snowboard Cross (W): Charlotte Bankes
Mixed Team Snowboard Cross: Huw Nightingale, Charlotte Bankes
SPEED SKATING
1000m (M): Cornelius Kersten
1500m (M): as above
1000m (W): Ellia Smeding
1500m (W): as above
Live coverage is on BBC and Eurosport (and Discovery+).
I'll try and do daily medal updates and points table, time allowing.