Winter Olympics 2026 - Milano Cortina

Come on all European teams lol

(10-02-2026 15:42 )Snooks Wrote:  Guess what?
4th again!!



Mouat and Dodds lost the bronze medal playoff 5-3 to hosts Italy .

This is getting depressing

Really, from the commanding start in the qualifying round onwards, this always seemed inevitable

How did we do in the short track speed skating?
Men's Curling starts today against China - a tough starting match Snooks or winnable?

^ GB men go in as one of the favourites in theory for the Curling Gold.

The most significant stumbling block opposition imo is..........
Yep you've guessed it.
Sweden. The bookies odds have them at 18-1 but that seems far fetched to me.

As for the women's event Team GB are not one of the favourites imo but could sneak a medal.
Favourites for the women's?
Sorry to be boring but......Sweden . The bookies have Canada and Switzerland ahead of them but I'm not buying it.

Sweden have already won the mixed doubles so the hat-trick is on.

The GB men led by Bruce Mouat claimed a 9-4 win over China in their first round robin match of the curling. Good start.

So now it's over to the ice skating.
Can Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear break the 4th place curse and make their way on to the podium?
We are about to find out shortly.

Come on Let's get this first medal

BBC really hyping this up, feels doomed to be a 4th place disappointment doesn't it

Fingers crossed for that Bronze, Gold and Silver feels out of reach barring some catastrophic mistake from the American or French pair

Realistically it's a Canada v GB battle for bronze. The points margin is wafer thin for GB to overturn but this is real pressure.

Nope not to be.
A troubling free dance cost them.

Oof that didn't quite go to plan

Looking like a 7th place finish now

Real shame, must be so hard to keep skating and going through the routine when you know you've made a big mistake early into it that cost a medal chance

That is a real shame after being such a good position

Looks like now the curling teams need to be focused on getting medals
I would say if you make a mistake in a ice dance routine - however small - it is a costly thing despite completing your routine. I hope Fear doesn't let it affect her for any competitions they enter after the Olympics.