Records tumble for Team GB on super Sunday at Winter Olympics

Britain won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross and the mixed team skeleton on Sunday. SportOlympicsRecords tumble for Team GB on super Sunday at Winter OlympicsBritain won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross and the mixed team skeleton on Sunday.From Mark Staniforth Sunday 15 February 2026 19:25 GMTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popoveropen image in galleryVictory for Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker made it three gold medals for Team GB (Andrew Milligan/PA). (PA Wire)Your support helps us to tell the storyRead moreSupport NowFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.Your support makes all the difference.Read moreTeam GB chef de mission Eve Muirhead has hailed the greatest day in British Winter Olympic history as records tumbled like an avalanche in Livigno and Cortina.Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale teamed up to win mixed team snowboard cross gold, then Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker followed suit in the skeleton event.Great Britain had never previously won more than one gold medal at the same Winter Olympics – with Weston’s win in the men’s skeleton on Friday, they have now won three within 48 hours.With his second gold, Weston becomes the first athlete in British Winter Olympic history to win multiple medals at the same Games.Muirhead said: It’s incredible. (It was a) slightly slow start, we knew that, but we were patient, we kept the vibe up, we kept very positive because we knew we were going to have opportunities to come.“Today, getting two gold medals just incredible, the most we’ve ever had in British Winter Olympic history, and for Matt being the most decorated British Winter Olympian of all time is something really special.”Bankes and Nightingale’s thrilling ride to snowboard-cross gold made them the first ever British Olympic champions on snow.It means the narrative of frustration that had dogged Team GB through the first week of the Games, including three fourth-placed finishes, has been obliterated.Ironically, after Marcus Wyatt and Freya Tarbit narrowly missed out on a skeleton team medal, it also means Great Britain have set a new record for the most fourth places at a single Games.More records could be yet to come as Britain look to equal or exceed the record five medals achieved at both the Sochi and Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2014 and 2018 respectively.Kirsty Muir and Zoe Atkin have strong medal chances in ski slopestyle and ski halfpipe respectively, while the men’s curling team and the four-man bobsleigh squad are also in with a shout.More aboutTeam GBBritainEve MuirheadKirsty MuirLivignoMost popularPopular videosBulletinRead next