Izzy Atkin: Zoe Atkin wins bronze as Team GB match 2014 and 2018 medal haul
izzy atkin — Zoe Atkin won bronze in the women's freeski halfpipe in Italy, a result that helped Team GB reach a record-equalling total of five medals on the final day of the Winter Olympics.
Halfpipe podium in Italy: Atkin finishes third
Zoe Atkin, 23, qualified first for the women's halfpipe final but fell behind Eileen Gu and Li Fanghui, who took gold and silver respectively in the final. Atkin, from Massachusetts, said she had been nervous and "played it a little bit safe on my first run" before she "stepped it up a little bit on my third run. " She added: "I've been working on my run for the past four years, even longer, and to be able to come back to the Olympics and be on the podium means so much to me. "
Atkin entered the Games having won the superpipe competition at last month's Aspen X Games; halfpipe skiing requires athletes to perform tricks on a U-shaped course made of hard-packed snow.
Team GB hit five medals — matching 2014 and 2018
The bronze from Zoe Atkin brought Team GB's haul to five medals: three golds, one silver and one bronze. That total equals the nation's medal counts from 2014 and 2018. The silver came after the men's curling team, led by Bruce Mouat, lost a tense final to Canada on Saturday, repeating their Beijing 2022 result.
Last weekend Team GB secured two historic golds in one day: Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won the mixed team snowboarding gold, and Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker won mixed team skeleton. Weston also took the men's singles skeleton title, giving him a second gold at these Games.
Brad Hall's four-man bobsleigh crew and other podiums
Brad Hall's GB crew finished seventh in the four-man bobsleigh while Germany won the gold in that event. Sweden beat Switzerland to claim the women's curling gold, the fourth time Sweden has won the women's curling title in the past six Games.
Ice hockey to decide the final gold
The final gold of the 2026 Olympics will be decided in the Canada v USA men's ice hockey game. Early in the match the first chance went to Canada when captain Nathan MacKinnon flicked the puck behind himself to Connor McDavid; McDavid's effort went just wide and netminder Connor Hellebuyck "got a chunk of that, " a former Team Canada forward noted on air. There was a discussion between officials about a 'too many men' penalty signalled against USA at the end of the first period; that signal appeared to have been overturned, and the players were back out for the second period with USA leading 1-0.
Izzy Atkin in the headlines
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Closing ceremony and what comes next
The closing ceremony is scheduled from 19: 00 GMT; Matt Weston and Charlotte Bankes are set to be flagbearers for Great Britain at that ceremony. With the ice hockey final still to play and medal ceremonies wrapping up, the Games finish with that evening event.
