Team GB (Great Britain) made history at the 2026 Winter Olympics after winning two goals in a day.
According to Sky News, the British team on Sunday, February 15, for the first time ever, bagged two titles on the same day at the Winter Olympics.
Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won their first snow gold for the country in mixed-team snowboard cross, and then Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker in mixed-team skeleton, and then Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker won mixed team skeleton.
Team GB’s chef de mission, Eve Muirhead, also hailed the latest victories, saying, “Getting two gold medals is just incredible. The most we have ever had in British Olympic Winter history, and for Matt, being the most decorated male winter Olympian of all time is something really special.”
Weston, who is also the joint most decorated British Winter Olympian in history with Lizzy Yarnold, expressed, “I’m extremely proud of what I’ve been able to achieve in the past couple of days. To win the first ever team event is absolutely amazing – and to win it with such a great teammate is the icing on the cake.”
Moreover, Weston, who also dominated the men’s skeleton on Friday, has made history as the first British athlete to claim two medals at a single Winter Games.
After two gold medals in a day, Team Britain are now 12th on the table.
