Team GB Headlines
Curling: Great Britain lost hopes of Winter Olympic gold after a shocking defeat to Sweden in the semi-finals.
Figure Skating: Team GB have qualified for the Ice Dance with both British couples progressing, as Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson sit fourth in the standings.
Freestyle Skiing: Kirst Muir marginally missed out on Bronze, finishing fourth in the women’s freeski slopeside event after an impressive final run.
Snowboard: Team GB’s misfortune continued for Mia Brookes, who finished outside the medals in fourth place.
The running order
Curling
Great Britain was eliminated from gold medal contention in the Winter Olympics after a devastating 9-3 loss to Sweden in the semi-finals on Monday.
They will play Italy on Tuesday for a chance to salvage a bronze medal, but the once unbeaten pair were ultimately blindsided by their Scandinavian opponents.
A valiant effort, but Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat are defeated 9-3 by Sweden in the semi final.
— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 9, 2026
They now compete in the bronze medal match at 1.05pm GMT tomorrow 🥉#TeamGB | #MilanoCortina2026 pic.twitter.com/h9K72bhnN7
The United States won the other semi-final, where they narrowly beat Italy 9-8 to progress to the final.
Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat maintained a seven-game winning streak in the round robin sessions, which was disrupted by a loss to Switzerland on Sunday afternoon.
However, Great Britain responded by defeating Italy in the afternoon, a team they will have to beat again to claim Team GB’s first medal of the tournament.
Alpine Skiing – Men’s Team Combined
Switzerland won gold in the men’s team combined alpine skiing event, beating Austria and their Swiss compatriots by a considerable margin.
Austria and Switzerland shared silver after accumulating the same time across both downhill and slalom events, 0.99 seconds behind the gold medalists Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef.
This was von Allmen’s second medal of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics after winning the games’ inaugural gold, prevailing in the men’s downhill.
Franjo von Allmen is having the time of his life at his first Olympic Games!
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) February 9, 2026
Two golds in three days for Switzerland 🤯
🥇 Men's downhill
🥇 Men's team combined with Tanguy Nef#AlpineSkiing #MilanoCortina2026 pic.twitter.com/Xe3MdC3eP2
Italy were on top in the morning session, with Giovanni Franzoni the fastest in the downhill with a time of 1:51.80, which was 0.42 seconds faster than fourth-place von Allmen. Franzoni was second-best to the Swiss in the men’s downhill on Saturday, but compensated for his misfortune on Monday.
However, it wasn’t enough for the Italian team, who crumbled in the slalom. Alex Vinatzer could only produce a time good enough for 18th, demoting Italy to seventh.
In contrast, von Allmen’s teammate Nef produced the fastest time of 51.82 seconds, which surged Switzerland into the lead and ultimately secured Olympic gold.
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