Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Great Britain competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2] The Great Britain team consists of 50 athletes (27 men and 23 women).[3] Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[4][5] Meanwhile curler Bruce Mouat was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[6]

Great Britain at the
2022 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
Websitewww.teamgb.com
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors50 (27 men and 23 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Eve Muirhead
Dave Ryding
Flag bearer (closing)Bruce Mouat
OfficialsGeorgina Harland (Chef de Mission)
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

British athletes won a total of two medals (one gold, one silver). This result was described as a 'disappointment' by UK Sport.[7] Despite the underwhelming games, Great Britain ranked 19th on the medal table, the same ranking as the previous three Winter Olympic Games.

Medal and performance targets

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In July 2018, UK Sport announced a preliminary target of 5–12 medals for the Games, which would at least sustain the level of success experienced at the previous two Games, in both of which 5 medals were won.[8] On 13 January 2022, UK Sport confirmed that they have a target of 3–7 medals for the Games.[9]

Team GB medal target
Event Medal target 2014 medals 2018 medals Medals won Target met
Overall 3–7 5 5 2  N

Summary

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The team won two medals (a tally below the 3-7 medal target set by UK Sport) during the course of the Games, both in curling. This is also three medals less than the team achieved at both the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. The women's team, skipped by Eve Muirhead won gold, beating Japan 10-3 in the gold medal game, and the men's team, skipped by Bruce Mouat won silver, having lost the gold medal match to Sweden 5-4 after an extra end. The gold medal from women's curling team ensured Great Britain won at least one gold medal for a fourth consecutive Winter Olympics. However, there was no repeat of the successes of previous Olympic Games in the sliding sports, particularly in skeleton, where Great Britain failed to win a medal - the first time this had happened since skeleton was included as an event. 2018 bronze medallist Laura Deas finished 19th. The team had other high hopes with Charlotte Bankes being one of the favourites to win the Women's Snowboard Cross event, but she was beaten in the quarter-finals and finished ninth overall. Izzy Atkin who won a bronze in 2018 in the Women's Ski Slopestyle also dented the team's hopes of further medals, after she withdrew from the games due to injury.[10]

Administration

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On 24 May 2020, Team GB announced that former modern pentathlete Georgina Harland would become the first woman to act as Chef de Mission for the British team at an Olympic Games. A bronze medal winner at the 2004 Games in Athens, she went on to serve as a deputy Chef de Mission at both the 2016 and 2020 Summer Games in Rio and Tokyo respectively.[11]

Medallists

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The following British competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medallists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Jennifer Dodds
Hailey Duff
Eve Muirhead
Mili Smith
Vicky Wright
Curling Women's tournament 20 February
  Silver Grant Hardie
Bobby Lammie
Hammy McMillan Jr.
Bruce Mouat
Ross Whyte
Men's tournament 19 February

Competitors

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The team includes three sets of siblings: Izzy and Zoe Atkin (Freestyle skiing); Leonie and Makayla Gerken Schofield (Freestyle skiing); and Farrell and Niall Treacy (Short track speed skating). Gus Kenworthy (Freestyle skiing) competed for the United States at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Games winning a silver medal at the former. In 2019 he announced that he would seek to represent Great Britain at the 2022 Games.[12] He is a dual national having been born in Chelmsford to a British mother and American father.

Former sprinter Montell Douglas (Bobsleigh) became the eighth British athlete to compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. She was preceded by Ethel Muckelt (Figure skating at both Games) and Percy Legard (Modern pentathlon/Nordic combined) in the inter-war period. Like Douglas five other athletes have transferred from athletics to bobsleigh in more recent decades: Colin Campbell; John Herbert; Marcus Adam; Philip Harries; and Allyn Condon. She was the first British woman to compete in different sports at the Summer and Winter Games. Douglas was also one of two athletes together with Jaqueline Mourão of Brazil to have competed at both Beijing 2008 and 2022.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 2 4
Bobsleigh 4 2 6
Cross-country skiing 3 0 3
Curling 5 5 10
Figure skating 1 2 3
Freestyle skiing 5 6 11
Luge 1 0 1
Short track speed skating 2 1 3
Skeleton 2 2 4
Snowboarding 1 2 3
Speed skating 1 1 2
Total 27 23 50

Alpine skiing

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Following the qualification period, Great Britain had achieved two quota places in both men's and women's alpine skiing, as a result of which, Great Britain also qualified for the team event.[13] On 21 January 2022, Team GB announced the selection of the four athletes who will represent Great Britain in Beijing led by slalom skier Dave Ryding who will be competing at his fourth Games.[14] On 10 February, Team GB announced that they would not be entering a team in the Mixed Team event.[15]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Billy Major Men's slalom DNF
Dave Ryding 55.13 16 50.44 7 1:45.57 13
Alexandra Tilley Women's giant slalom 1:01.40 28 59.42 22 2:00.82 22
Charlie Guest Women's slalom 53.84 15 54.12 28 1:47.96 21
Alexandra Tilley DNF Did not advance

Bobsleigh

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Following the conclusion of the qualification period in Bobsleigh, Great Britain had qualified sleds in the four-man, two-man and two-woman disciplines. Qualification in the two-woman discipline also granted a place in the monobob event. On 20 January 2022, Team GB announced the selection of eight athletes including two reserves to compete in Beijing. The squad was led by drivers Brad Hall (men's two and four-man bobsleigh) and Mica McNeill (women's monobob and two-woman bobsleigh).[16] In the two-man event, Hall and Nick Gleeson crashed during their third run and eventually finished the event in 11th position.[17]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brad Hall*
Nick Gleeson
Two-man 59.69 11 1:00.05 13 1:00.22 18 59.96 7 3:59.92 11
Brad Hall*
Greg Cackett
Taylor Lawrence
Nick Gleeson
Four-man 58.60 =5 59.09 6 58.65 6 59.38 7 3:55.72 6
Mica McNeill*
Montell Douglas
Two-woman 1:02.19 19 1:02.35 18 1:02.17 14 1:02.14 13 4:08.85 17

* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Ben Simons and Adele Nicoll were travelling reserves

Cross-country skiing

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By meeting the basic qualification standards, Great Britain has qualified at least one male cross-country skier.[18] Following the end of the qualification process, Great Britain had accepted three quota places, all in the men's events. On 22 January 2022, Team GB announced the names of the three athletes who will compete in the cross country events in Beijing.[19] Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young will both be competing at their fourth Games.

Distance

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrew Musgrave Men's 15 km classical 41:44.7 46
Andrew Young 42:24.0 51
Andrew Musgrave Men's 30 km skiathlon 41:16.8 18 38:57.4 18 1:20:46.9 17
Andrew Musgrave Men's 28.4 km freestyle[20] 1:13:29.3 12

Sprint

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
James Clugnet Men's sprint 2:56.72 40 Did not advance
Andrew Young 2:55.60 36 Did not advance
James Clugnet
Andrew Young
Men's team sprint 21:15.27 10 Did not advance 20

Curling

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Outside of the Olympic Games, Great Britain competes under the flags of its constituent home nations, Scotland, England and Wales (Northern Irish players compete for a combined Ireland); Scotland results are treated as Great Britain for the purposes of Olympic qualification.[21]

Summary

Team Event Round robin Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Record
Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Bruce Mouat
Grant Hardie
Bobby Lammie
Hammy McMillan Jr.
Ross Whyte
Men's tournament   ITA
W 7–5
  USA
L 7–9
  NOR
W 8–3
  CHN
W 7–6
  DEN
W 8–2
  SUI
W 6–5
  SWE
W 7–6
  ROC
W 8–6
  CAN
W 5–2
1 Q   USA
W 8–4
  SWE
L 4–5
 
Eve Muirhead
Vicky Wright
Jennifer Dodds
Hailey Duff
Mili Smith
Women's tournament   SUI
L 5–6
  SWE
W 8–2
  KOR
L 7–9
  USA
W 10–5
  DEN
W 7–2
  CAN
L 3–7
  JPN
W 10–4
  CHN
L 4–8
  ROC
W 9–4
3 Q   SWE
W 12–11
  JPN
W 10–3
 
Bruce Mouat
Jennifer Dodds
Mixed doubles tournament   SWE
W 9–5
  CAN
W 6–4
  SUI
L 7–8
  AUS
W 9–8
  CZE
W 8–3
  ITA
L 5–7
  CHN
W 6–5
  NOR
L 2–6
  USA
W 8–4
3 Q   NOR
L 5–6
  SWE
L 3–9
4

Men's tournament

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Great Britain has qualified their men's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.[22] On 14 October 2021, the British Olympic Association announced that Team Bruce Mouat would be their men's team representatives.[23]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%[24] DSC[25] Qualification
  Great Britain Bruce Mouat 9 8 1 63 44 39 31 5 10 88.0% 18.81 Playoffs
  Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 64 44 43 30 10 11 85.7% 14.02
  Canada Brad Gushue 9 5 4 1–0 58 50 34 38 7 7 84.4% 26.49
  United States John Shuster 9 5 4 0–1 56 61 35 41 4 5 83.0% 32.29
  China Ma Xiuyue 9 4 5 2–1; 1–0 59 62 39 36 6 4 85.4% 23.55
  Norway Steffen Walstad 9 4 5 2–1; 0–1 58 53 40 36 0 11 84.4% 20.96
  Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 4 5 1–2; 1–0 51 54 33 38 13 3 84.5% 15.74
  ROC Sergey Glukhov 9 4 5 1–2; 0–1 58 58 33 38 6 6 81.2% 33.72
  Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 59 65 36 35 3 8 81.7% 30.76
  Denmark Mikkel Krause 9 1 8 36 71 30 39 3 2 78.1% 32.84
Source: [citation needed]

Round robin
Great Britain had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.[26]

Draw 2
Thursday, 10 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 7
  Italy (Retornaz)   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 3
Friday, 11 February, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat) 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
  United States (Shuster)   0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 X 9

Draw 4
Friday, 11 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat)   1 0 2 2 0 3 0 X X X 8
  Norway (Walstad) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X X 3

Draw 6
Sunday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Ma)   1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 6
  Great Britain (Mouat) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7

Draw 7
Sunday, 13 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat)   2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 X X 8
  Denmark (Krause) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2

Draw 8
Monday, 14 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
  Great Britain (Mouat)   0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 6

Draw 10
Tuesday, 15 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
  Great Britain (Mouat) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 7

Draw 11
Wednesday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat)   3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
  ROC (Glukhov) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6

Draw 12
Thursday, 17 February, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2
  Great Britain (Mouat)   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5

Semifinal
Thursday, 17 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat)   0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 8
  United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Gold medal game
Saturday, 19 February, 14:50

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Great Britain (Mouat)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
  Sweden (Edin) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

Women's tournament

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Great Britain has qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing first in the round robin in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.[27] On 23 December 2021, the British Olympic Association officially named Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds, Hailey Duff and Mili Smith to the women's team following a nine-player squad for five events at the beginning of the 2021–22 curling season.[28]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%[29] DSC[30] Qualification
  Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 8 1 67 46 44 36 4 12 81.6% 19.14 Playoffs
  Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 64 49 39 35 6 12 82.0% 25.02
  Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 5 4 1–1 63 47 39 33 4 9 80.6% 35.27
  Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 9 5 4 1–1 64 62 40 36 2 13 82.3% 36.00
  Canada Jennifer Jones 9 5 4 1–1 71 59 42 41 1 14 80.4% 45.44
  United States Tabitha Peterson 9 4 5 2–0 60 64 40 39 2 12 79.5% 33.87
  China Han Yu 9 4 5 1–1 56 67 38 41 3 10 79.6% 30.06
  South Korea Kim Eun-jung 9 4 5 0–2 62 66 40 42 3 10 80.8% 27.79
  Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 2 7 50 68 33 41 7 0 77.2% 23.36
  ROC Alina Kovaleva 9 1 8 50 79 34 45 2 7 78.9% 29.34
Source: [citation needed]

Round robin
Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.[26]

Draw 1
Thursday, 10 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
  Switzerland (Tirinzoni)   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6

Draw 2
Thursday, 10 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Hasselborg)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 X X X 8

Draw 3
Friday, 11 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 9
  Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 7

Draw 5
Saturday, 12 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 10
  United States (Peterson) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 6
Sunday, 13 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 X 7

Draw 8
Monday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
  Canada (Jones) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 7

Draw 9
Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   3 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 X X 10
  Japan (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4

Draw 10
Wednesday, 16 February, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Han) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 8
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

Draw 12
Thursday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  ROC (Kovaleva) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 4
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 X 9

Semifinal
Friday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Sweden (Hasselborg)   4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 11
  Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 12

Gold medal game
Sunday, 20 February, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   2 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 X 10

Mixed doubles tournament

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Great Britain has qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes), by finishing in the top seven teams in the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[31] On 14 October 2021, the British Olympic Association announced that reigning world champions Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat would be their mixed doubles representatives.[23]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Athletes Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC[32] Qualification
  Italy Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner 9 9 0 79 48 43 28 0 17 79% 25.34 Playoffs
  Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 9 6 3 1–0 68 50 40 28 0 15 82% 24.48
  Great Britain Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat 9 6 3 0–1 60 50 38 33 0 12 79% 22.48
  Sweden Almida de Val / Oskar Eriksson 9 5 4 1–0 55 54 35 33 0 10 76% 21.77
  Canada Rachel Homan / John Morris 9 5 4 0–1 57 54 33 39 0 8 78% 53.73
  Czech Republic Zuzana Paulová / Tomáš Paul 9 4 5 50 65 29 39 1 7 75% 33.41
  Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 9 3 6 1–0 55 58 32 39 0 6 73% 39.04
  United States Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys 9 3 6 0–1 50 67 34 36 0 9 74% 27.29
  China Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi 9 2 7 1–0 51 64 34 36 0 7 74% 17.81
  Australia Tahli Gill / Dean Hewitt 9 2 7 0–1 52 67 31 38 1 8 72% 50.51
Source: [citation needed]

Round robin
Great Britain had a bye in draws 3, 5 and 7 and will have a further bye in draw 11.[26]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 2 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (de Val / Eriksson) 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)   1 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 9

Draw 2
Thursday, 3 February, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
  Canada (Homan / Morris)   1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4

Draw 4
Thursday, 3 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)   1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 7

Draw 6
Friday, 4 February, 13:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)   2 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 9
  Australia (Gill / Hewitt) 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 8

Draw 8
Saturday, 5 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Paulová / Paul)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 X 8

Draw 9
Saturday, 5 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
  Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)   1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 7

Draw 10
Sunday, 6 February, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 6
  China (Fan / Ling)   0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 12
Sunday, 6 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 X 6
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2

Draw 13
Monday, 7 February, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Persinger / Plys)   0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 8

Semifinal
Monday, 7 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)   0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5

Bronze medal match
Tuesday, 8 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (de Val / Eriksson) 0 4 3 1 1 0 X X 9
  Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)   1 0 0 0 0 2 X X 3
Player percentages
  Sweden   Great Britain
Almida de Val 100% Jennifer Dodds 56%
Oskar Eriksson 82% Bruce Mouat 85%
Total 89% Total 73%

Figure skating

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Great Britain secured quotas in both the Ladies' Individual and the Ice Dance events at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm. On 16 December, Team GB confirmed the selection of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson to compete in the ice dancing competition with Natasha McKay joining them in the women's individual event.[33]

Athlete Event SP FP Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Natasha McKay Women's singles 52.54 28 Did not advance
Lilah Fear
Lewis Gibson
Ice dance 76.45 10 Q 115.19 9 191.64 10

Freestyle skiing

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On 22 January 2022, Team GB announced the selection of a squad of eleven freestyle skiers to compete in Beijing. They include 2018 bronze medallist Izzy Atkin and Gus Kenworthy who formerly competed for the United States but is eligible for selection by virtue of his British-born mother.[34]

Aerials

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lloyd Wallace Men's aerials 108.41 17 71.94 15 Did not advance 21
Freeski
Men

James Woods did not compete in the slopestyle event due to a back injury.[35]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
James Woods Men's big air 27.50 26.50 32.25 59.75 30 Did not advance
Gus Kenworthy Men's halfpipe 8.50 70.75 70.75 12 Q 17.50 3.75 71.25 71.25 8
James Woods Men's slopestyle DNS Did not advance
Women

Izzy Atkin who had qualified to compete in both the big air and slopestyle events was forced to withdraw due to injury.[36]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Kirsty Muir Women's big air 89.25 67.00 68.25 157.50 7 Q 90.25 75.75 15.50 169.00 5
Katie Summerhayes 63.75 69.25 67.25 136.50 13 Did not advance
Zoe Atkin Women's halfpipe 85.25 86.75 86.75 4 Q 18.75 10.75 73.25 73.25 9
Kirsty Muir Women's slopestyle 70.11 63.91 70.11 6 Q 41.86 71.30 69.21 71.30 8
Katie Summerhayes 66.56 59.11 66.56 10 Q 60.01 64.75 23.31 64.75 9

Moguls

Makayla Gerken Schofield became the first British moguls skier to reach an Olympic final, and her final 8th place finish was also the best ever achieved by a British skier.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Will Feneley Men's moguls 26.69 57.43 70.23 23 26.45 54.42 67.54 17 Did not advance 27
Leonie Gerken Schofield Women's moguls DNF 31.50 49.56 62.06 17 Did not advance 27
Makayla Gerken Schofield 29.13 55.01 70.18 12 29.31 52.99 67.96 7 Q 28.76 58.40 73.99 9 Q 28.59 57.26 73.04 8 Did not advance 8

Ski cross

Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Oliver Davies Men's ski cross 1:14.84 31 4 Did not advance 31

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Luge

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Great Britain secured one quota in the men's individual event and on 14 January 2022, Team GB announced the selection of Rupert Staudinger.[37]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rupert Staudinger Men's singles 58.731 22 58.960 22 58.622 22 Did not advance 2:56.313 23

Short track speed skating

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Great Britain secured quotas for two men and one woman across five events in Short track speed skating after their performance in the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. On 20 December 2021, Team GB confirmed the selection of Kathryn Thomson and siblings Farrell and Niall Treacy to compete in Beijing.

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Farrell Treacy Men's 1000 m 1:24.935 4 Did not advance 25
Niall Treacy 1:32.243 4 Did not advance 27
Farrell Treacy Men's 1500 m 2:16.880 3 Q 2:13.75 5 ADVA 2:11.988 9
Kathryn Thomson Women's 500 m 1:06.954 4 Did not advance 31
Women's 1000 m 1:30.037 4 Did not advance 28

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); ADVA = Advanced to medal final on referee decision; FB = Qualify to final (consolation); Q = Qualify to next round on position in heat; q = Qualify to next round on time in field

Skeleton

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Following the conclusion of the qualification period in Skeleton, Great Britain had qualified 2 sleds each in the men's and women's disciplines. On 19 January, Team GB announced the selection of the four sliders who will represent the country in Beijing led by 2018 bronze medallist Laura Deas.[38]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matt Weston Men's 1:01.34 14 1:01.15 12 1:01.12 14 1:01.63 20 4:05.24 15
Marcus Wyatt 1:01.56 16 1:01.72 18 1:01.28 16 1:01.35 15 4:05.91 16
Brogan Crowley Women's 1:03.32 23 1:03.23 21 1:02.82 21 Did not advance 3:09.37 22
Laura Deas 1:02.99 21 1:03.15 19 1:02.71 19 1:02.70 16 4:11.55 19

Snowboarding

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Great Britain qualified three snowboarders for Beijing and their selection was confirmed on 22 January 2022. The squad includes reigning snowboard cross world champion Charlotte Bankes.[19]

Freestyle

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Katie Ormerod Women's big air 14.75 60.25 9.50 69.75 25 Did not advance
Women's slopestyle 47.38 44.01 47.38 19 Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete Event Seeding 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Huw Nightingale Men's snowboard cross 1:20.72 29 4 Did not advance 30
Charlotte Bankes Women's snowboard cross 1:22.72 2 1 Q 3 Did not advance 9
Charlotte Bankes
Huw Nightingale
Team snowboard cross 1 Q 3 FB 2 6

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Speed skating

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On 4 January 2022, Team GB announced that Cornelius Kersten had been selected to represent his country in the men's 1000 and 1500m events. He will be Great Britain's first Olympic representative in the sport since 1992.[39] On 24 January, Ellia Smeding was confirmed as Great Britain's first female speed skater since 1980.[40]

Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Cornelius Kersten Men's 500 m 35.36 25
Men's 1000 m 1:08.79 9
Men's 1500 m 1:47.11 19
Ellia Smeding Women's 1000 m 1:17.17 23
Women's 1500 m 2:01.09 27

See also

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References

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