Beijing Winter Olympics: Our Top 7 Moments
23rd Chwefror 2022
This February, we celebrated the Winter Olympic games from the 4th to the 20th of February in Beijing, where our athletes' faced highs and lows in their pursuit of Olympic gold.
Opening Ceremony
During the opening ceremony, Team GB was led by curler Eve Muirhead and alpine skier Dave Ryding, who were both competing in their fourth Olympic Games.
They told us how they were feeling about taking part:
Makayla’s performance at Mogul Skiing
Makayla Gerken Schofield made history finishing eighth in the Moguls Skiing category, achieving a best-ever performance for a British athlete.
Makayla had some touching words to her sister Leonie after her performance:
Kirsty’s Big Air debut
17-year-old Kirsty Muir finished fifth in the Freeski Big Air final.
Kirsty told us what's next for her after the Olympics:
The Skeleton team is thinking ahead
Our Skeleton athletes are already thinking about how they can get their hands on a medal in the next Olympics.
Brogan Crowleyencourages more young people like her to get involved in winter sport:
Lilah and Lewis’s incredible KISS performance
The ice-skating duo Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson did a memorable performance to the music group KISS.
Here, they reflect on how lucky they feel to be able to share this experience with each other at Beijing:
Team Muirhead’s gold in Curling
On the last day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the women’s curling team got a gold medal for Great Britain.
Here is their thank you message:
Team Mouat’s silver in Curling
Last but not least, after a brilliant performance, men’s curling Team Mouat came home with a silver medal from Beijing 2022.
Here are their reflects after the medal:
Since National Lottery funding to elite sport started in 1997, over 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic medals have been won, with more to come in Beijing 2022, Paris 2024 and beyond.
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Beijing Winter Games