Team GB make history with gold in mixed snowboard cross at Winter Games

Jeremy Wilson Sun, 15 February 2026 at 2:46 pm UTC·22 min read Great Britain have won their first gold medal on snow in more than a century of competing at the Winter Olympics as well as their first double gold at a single Games. A phenomenal, historic series of final runs by Charlotte Bankes propelled Team GB to thrilling wins in the quarter-final, semi-final and then final of the mixed snowboard cross event after being brilliantly set up by her Team GB partner Huw Nightingale.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Bankes flew into the history books on Sunday as she helped guide Team GB to their second gold medal at the Winter Olympics - Marko Djurica/Reuters Bankes had finished a...