Overview

No medals in the team events today. The men's epee team got passed but lost to in the last 16. The women's foil team put up decent fight against , but it wasn't to be. Finally, the women's sabre team were overpowered by .

Kersten wasn't in the Olympic team because he didnt meet the ISU criteria of being in the top 21 in World Cup points for the 2025/26 season (Kersten was coming back from an injury), not because GB Ice skating declined his quota. In terms of Bobsleigh, Nick Gleeson seems like the replacement for Hall. He's Hall's former brakeman and only started driving in the last year or so, but has already got a win in the 2-Man on the NAC circuit. He actually met the IBSF criteria for the Games but the BBSA rejected his quota for some reason.

are taking part in the Men’s Junior Curling World Championships. They’ve played 3 games so far and have a clean sheet: 11 - 5 7 - 3 11 - 9 Upcoming fixtures: 26th Feb - v 27th Feb - v and v 28th Feb - v 1 Mar - v and v

Pluses of these games Best ever Medal haul in a favourable timezone and more than one gold for the first time in a games Our Skeleton success, specially as Matt Weston is from my home town and there are clearly signs of a bright future in the sport with Stoecker and Tarbit having potential to improve A first Gold on Snow which was important for that team after early exits in the singles Zoe Atkin matching her sisters 2018 medal achievement. Shame it wasn’t Gold or Silver but cant be picky her. Andrew Musgrave raising the bar in Cross Country Skiing. And in Joe Davies there is a ready made replacement if he chooses not to return. Also Anna Pryce looks promising Disappointments Curling. Not in a bad way as it was gripping from start to finish but the pain of Mouat being edged out twice was painful and also a shame our women were too slow out the blocks. But enjoyed it all the same Kirsty Muir and Mia Brookes falling short when they were highly fancied. But both have time to put this right and Im sure they will. Missing out on a first Ice Dance Medal in 32 years. I hope Fear and Gibson stay at the top and come back for another try in 2030 Poor showing in the Bobsleigh and with Brad Hall going to be nearly 40 next time and no obvious replacement bit concerned about the future of this sport David Ryding not going out with a top 10 slalom finish in his final race. But cant blame him with the weather on that event causing chaos for everyone Also a bit surprised Reece Bell (Womens Slalom) and Cornelius Kersten (Speed Skating) didn’t get selected. Particularly the latter who recently won a world championship medal and alongside his partner they could have pushed each other a bit higher. Im guessing his absence was injury related. So overall I did enjoy this Olympics and good to see us having our best ever games in a favourable timezone to see it. Yes it could have been so much better with so many others missing out but I see this as holding something in reserve for the next time when hopefully we will raise the bar again in another favourable timezone.

Looking ahead to tomorrow's team events - Men's Epee - are the 7th seeds and will start off against 26th seed in the round of 32. If they can get through that, they'll face either 23rd seed or 10th seed in the last 16 with possible quarterfinal against 2nd seed . are the defending champions in this event. Women's Foil - are the 7th seeds and have bye to the last 16 where they will take on 10th seed . Get through that and likely quarterfinal against 2nd seed awaits. Worth saying that in the 2025 Championships, took the bronze medal in this event. Women's Sabre - are the 12th seed and have a bye to the last 16 where they will face 5th seed . If they can progress, then they'd have possible quarterfinal against 4th seed .

Gold for David Sosnov and Silver for Mohammed Belbouab. Takes us to 4 medals so far with good prospects for further success in the team events.

All Final!!

2 more medals guaranteed in the men's foil - David Sosnov and Mohammed Belbouab both through to the semi finals. Callum Penman unfortunately fell to Henrik Barby - it looked like he may have taken a bit of a knock to his hand in the early stages. Could be looking at an all final if the semis work out for us.

Sosnov, Penman and Belbouab all safely through to the quarter finals.

Day 2 update after completion of the pool round. Women's Epee: Emma Mitzova qualified for knockout stages in 49th place having won 3 of her 6 matches. Harriet Hillier also scored 3 wins in the pool stage and progressed in 55th place. Kseniya Kushtan only managed 2 wins but it was enough to progress in 67th place. 2 wins wasn't enough for Olivia Eadie to progress - she finished down in 85th place. All three of the Brits bowed out of the competition in the round of 64. Emma Mitzova finishes up in 51st place, Harriet Hillier was 54th and Kseniya Kushtan was in tie for 60th. Men's Sabre: The weakest set of results for so far. Joe Evans could only win 1 of his pool matches whilst Guy Lumsden lost all 6 of his. Both were eliminated and finished well down the field - 74th and 80th respectively. John White and Eiger Swinsow scraped into the elimination round with 2 wins from 6. (They were ranked 60th and 61st and only 62 fencers progressed). In the elimination rounds, both were eliminated in the round of 64 although worth saying that White came pretty close to causing an upset against 5th seed Iaroslav Borisov 15-14. In the final ranking. The final ranking of both was the same as their pool performance - 60th and 61st. Men's Foil As expected, all 4 of our fencers comfortably progressed to the elimination rounds. David Sosnov progressed in a tie for 3rd place having won all 6 of his opening pool matches. Callum Penman advanced as the 12th seed having won 5 matches. David Kelly also won 5 of his pool matches and progressed in a tie for 15th. Finally, Mohammed Belbouab scored 4 wins out of 6 and advances as the 25th seed. At the time of writing, the elimination rounds are in progress. David Sosnov, Callum Penman and Mohammed Belbouab have made it through to the last 16 - Belbouab taking out the junior world number 7 Yahor Rabtsau in the process. David Kelly is the first Brit to fall, losing out to Rostislav Khamdamov 15-9.

European Juniors Day 2 Women's Epee: Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed. Hillier is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed Gwendoline Laharotte, 21st seed Oliwia Janeczek. The rest are all lower ranked at 51st, 70th and 99th seed Kushtan has been drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed Eva Steffens, 23rd seed Ceren Cebe, 38th seed Laura Misiak with the rest of the pool being the 53rd, 83rd and 98th seeds. Mitzova is in pool 12 along with 12th seed Giulia Paulis the 19th seed Lilana Cherchesova, and the 42nd, 49th, 79th and 102nd seeds Eadie is in pool 13 with 13th seed Louise Ulltjarn, 18th seed Alina Dmytruk along with the 43rd, 48th, 74th and 103rd seeds. The top 78 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (26 fencers eliminated during pool round) Men's Foil - (Our strongest discipline - are the reigning European Junior Champions in the Team Event) Callum Penman is the 6th seed David Sosnov is the 8th seed David Kelly is the 33rd seed Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed Penman is the top seed in pool 6. His highest ranked opponent will be 23rd seed Denis Trestyanszki. The rest of the pool are the 34th, 79th, 62nd, 51st and 90th seed. Sosnov is the top seed in pool 8. He'll face 21st seed Henrik Barby. The rest of the pool are the 36th, 50th, 64th, 77th and 92nd seeds. Kelly is in pool 5 alongside 5th seed Andor Zsogon and 24th seed Max Kavecy. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - the 52nd, 61st, 81st, and 89th seeds. Belbouab is in pool 7 alongside 7th seed Rostislav Khamdamov, 22nd seed Ran Traitel Crystal and 35th seed Maxime Dubreuil. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - 63rd, 78th and 91st seed. The top 72 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (24 fencers eliminated during pool round) Men's Sabre: Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed Joe Evans is the 51st seed John White is the 55th seed Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. Swinscow is in pool 2 along with 2nd seed Leonardo Reale, 23rd seed Poyraz Kumuk, 26th seed Paul Rouviere, and the 46th, 71st and 74th seeds. Evans is in pool 3 with 3rd seed Pavel Graudyn, 22nd seed Stanimir Pelov, 27th seed Daniel Berkeszi along with 47th, 70th, and 75th seeds. White in drawn in pool 6 against 6th seed Edoardo Reale, 19th seed Kiram Iarullin alongside 30th, 43rd, 67th and 78th seeds. Lumsden is in pool 12 with 12th seed Casian Cidu, 13th seed Zalan Szalai, 37th, 38th and 60th seed The top 62 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (21 fencers eliminated during pool round)

guaranteed 2 medals on day 1! It's double bronze after Tristan Lumineau made it through to the semifinals of the men's epee. He fell 15-10 to 12th seed Fedor Khaperskiy who went on to take the title. Amelie Tsang came so close to getting to the gold medal match having pulled it back to 14-14. 7th seed Ludovica Franzoni just edged it 15-14.

I do agree with this (this was also the case in Beijing to an extent) but is better to have 5 medals and a lot of near misses than if we completely maximised performance and come away with 5 Things look generally very much on the up when it comes to winter sports in this country

Mouat’s rink open to 2030 and will consider over the Summer.

Update from the elimination rounds. Men's Epee Tristan Lumineau has made it through to the last 16 pretty comfortably winning both of his matches 15-8. He'll take on 17th seed Odinn Bindas later this afternoon. Cador Beautyman got through to the round of 64 before losing out to 21st seed Riccardo Cedrone. He will finish in 47th place. Cheney Zhu put in a couple of great performances in the elimination rounds - including taking out 4th seed Nikita Gorin in the round of 64. Unfortunately, he came unstuck in the round of 32 against 29th seed Alon Sarid. He finishes in 31st overall. Women's Foil Amelie Tsang is still going strong, having reached the last 16. Megan Elliott got through to the round of 32 before falling to 13th seed Gili Kuritzky. Her final ranking was 32nd overall. Zoe Wagstaff had a bye to the round of 64 but was defeated by 10th seed Uliana-Dumitrita Josan. She finishes the competition in 55th place overall.

I've started so I might as well finish (although not entirely sure why I started this ) Women's Epee: Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed. Men's Foil - 's strongest discipline. Callum Penman is the 6th seed David Sosnov is the 8th seed David Kelly is the 33rd seed Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed Men's Sabre: Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed Joe Evans is the 51st seed John White is the 55th seed Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. No info yet on the pools - will update the post when the information becomes available.

Finally, Women's Sabre: Hui Xin Sezille went into the competition as the 20th seed and progresses to the elimination round in 23rd place having won 4 of her 6 pool matches. is the 20th seed. Maya Sutton also lived up to her seeding, finishing in a tie for 33rd place with 3 wins from 5. Keira D-Sallows moderately under performed - going in as 28th seed she finished in 39th with 3 wins from 6 - but is still good enough to progress to the eliminations. Ava Davies makes it a full house - advancing to the elimination round in 51st place having won 2 of her opening 6 bouts.

And the good news keeps on coming. This time from the Women's Foil. Amelie Tsang was the 19th seed but emerges from the pool round in 6th place having won 5 of her 6 bouts. Megan Elliott advances in 45th place having won 3 out of 6 bouts. Zoe Wagstaff is also through having won 2 from 5 of her pool matches - good enough for 55th place so broadly in line with her original seeding. Rachel Adams missed out on advancing to the elimination rounds, finishing in 70th place having only won 1 bout from 5.

European Juniors update I didn't have this on my bingo card, but Tristan Lumineau was the top qualifier from the pool stage winning all of his bouts for the lost of just 12 points. Cador Beautyman won 4 out of his 6 bouts and advances in a tie for 42nd place. Cheney Zhu performed very well considering he was the lowest ranked fencer in the event. He won 3 out of 6 bouts and advances in a tie for 61st place. Unfortunately, Fin Bennet is eliminated, having only won 2 of his opening 6 bouts resulting in him being ranked in 97th place.

I think it was a great performance by the Brits. The medals we didn't get are just the other side of the coin of the medals we did get. I feel sorry for individuals who missed out, especially Muir who got the wrong side of it twice but in general it's just a function of high level sport. The snowboard cross was my favourite moment, partly because it provided the reward for a great career that Bankes deserved. Dave Ryding very briefly being in gold was a great and fitting moment. Musgrave my underappreciated hero. I agree that speed skating is a sport we could do better in but unless there's a change in the funding model, it will never happen. Bobsleigh was the biggest disappointment for me. I don't know whether it was our sleds on that particular course or whether our pilots were just poor but the sleds hit more walls and did far more sliding sideways than is acceptable.

Thanks very much @Mkbw50 for the daily threads and the QOTD - and congrats on your victory! I thought it was on the whole a really successful games for Team GB, even in spite of the many almosts and 4th finishes. That just goes to show the strength and depth of the Team and the fine margins of Winter sport. Particularly impressed by the cross country skiing results and think Joe Davies could be one to watch in the future. Gutted for the Curlers - the Mixed Doubles was disappointing to walk away without a medal after such a strong showing. The Women performed about as well as you could have hoped, just a shame that it didn’t go their way and they couldn’t make it into the semi finals and who knows what could’ve happened. Really feel for Bruce and the boys, hope they can find a way forward whatever that may be - I’d love to cheer them on in 2030 but who knows. I have said before but I do feel like our Winter Sport ambition is misplaced when we totally overlook speed skating. With investment, that could be a far more accessible winter sport than some of the others we currently fund. And look at where the Netherlands finished in the medal table - every medal from speed skating. I’m not saying we could ever achieve those heights but I think as a non-alpine nation we miss a trick. Sad the Games are over but looking forward to the Paralympics.

Although this was our best Winter Games ever and I'm proud of that, there is still a tinge of disappointment for me with plenty of missed opportunities & "what ifs": What if Brookes didnt revert that 16 in the BA? What if Muir didnt squat that second jump in the slopestyle? What if Wyatt didnt tap the wall exiting T2 in the mixed skeleton? What if the USA women lost their last RR Curling match? What if Treacy didnt crash out of that 1500 final? What if Brookes didnt crash out of the slopestyle qualification? Then there was also the mixed curling and Bankes (individually) that underperformed compared to their pre-Games rankings. 5 medals and a record 3 Golds is great, but there is a World where we would've come away from these Games with 11 or 12 medals. Hopefully these missed opportunities will turn into medals in 2030 though as most of these athletes are young and should be back then.

European Juniors get underway tomorrow with Men's Epee, Women's Foil and Women's Sabre kicking things off. Men's Epee: Tristan Lumineau is the 19th seed Cador Beautyman is the 37th seed Fin Bennet is the 74th seed Cheney Zhu is the 126th (and lowest) seeded fencer. Lumineau has been drawn in pool 18. He'll face 18th seed Arkadii Kardava. the rest of his opponents will be lower ranked - 54th, 55th, 90th, 91st and 125th. Beautyman has been drawn in same pool as top seed Domonkos Pelle. He'll also face tricky opponent in 36th seed Julius Edelmann. The rest of the pool are lower ranked opponents - 72nd, 73rd, 108th and 109th seeds. Bennet has been drawn in pool 2 against 2nd seed Nikita Gorin. Bennet is the 4th seed in the pool so will have his work cut out for him. Zhu has been drawn in pool 17. He'll face 17th seed Bence Balazs but given Zhu is the lowest ranked fencer in competition, he may find it difficult to progress. The top 94 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (32 fencers eliminated during pool round) Women's Foil Amelie Tsang is the 19th seed Zoe Wagstaff is the 52nd seed Megan Elliott is the 53rd seed Rachel Adams is the 64th seed Tsang is drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed Irina Zorina but should be able to see of the other lower ranked opponents. Wagstaff is drawn in pool 2 alongside 2nd seed Stefania Chasovnikova, 25th seed Petra Polonyi and 28th seed Lihy Peer Koren so will definitely have her work cut out. Likewise, Elliott is drawn in pool 1 against top seed Milana Levchuk, 26th seed Alara Atmaca and 27th seed Polina Kozlova. Adams is in pool 12 and has been drawn alongside 12th seed Keren Aye and 15th seed Zhou Xinyao 66 fencers will progress to the elimination rounds (22 fencers eliminated during the pool round) Women's Sabre Hui Xin Sezille is the 20th seed Keira D-Sallows 28th seed Maya Sutton is the 35th seed Ava Davies is the 49th seed Sezille is the 2nd highest ranked fencer drawn in pool 3 alongside 3rd seed Emese Domonkos. D-Sallows is in pool 6 with 6th seed Amalia Covaliu and 16th seed Dorottya Csonka. Sutton is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed Maria Tretiakova and 13th seed Rita Robineaux Davies is in pool 5 with 5th seed Karina Tallada and 18th seed Maiia Velychko. 54 fencers progress to elimination rounds (18 fencers eliminated in the pool round)

2026 Week 7 (16-22 Feb) Results: Cycling - Road: UAE Tour (16-22 Feb) - Adam Yates finished 15th overall in the general classification with Ben Tulett in 39th. James Knox and Josh Tarling finished just outside of the points in 61st and 63rd respectively. Tarling continues to perform will in individual time trial stages - taking 2nd place 5 seconds behind Remco Evenepoel. Ben Swift was down in 74th with Owain Doull in 86th and Ben Swift in 87th. Mark Stewart finished in 120th with Callum Thornley in 122nd. Ethan Vernon was well down the field in 125th although worth saying that he did narrowly miss out on stage win on stage 4 and was 6th in stage 5. Ethan Hayter finished in 137th. Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (18-22 Feb) - Tom Pidcock finished 3rd in the general classification including taking stage win in stage 5. Fred Wright finished in 33rd whilst Lucas Towers was well down the field in 64th with William Smith in 74th. Volta Ao Algarve Em Bicicleta (18-22 Feb) - Oscar Onley finished 4th in the general classification with Thomas Gloag also finishing in the points in 11th place. Max Poole was down in 54th with Sean Flynn in 76th, Noah Hobbs in 114th and Josh Giddings in 119th. Equestrian - Jumping: FEI Jumping World Cup: Goteburg (18-22 Feb) - John Whitaker just missed out on the jump off after taking a time fault. He was the top placed Brit finishing in 9th place. Robert Whitaker had 3 fences down for 12 faults and 29th place whilst Jodie Mcateer retired. An additional result I missed from Week 6 - Ben Maher finished in 16th place at the Jumping World Cup event in Florida. Golf: LPGA: Honda Thailand Open (19-22 Feb) - Lottie Woad finished on -15. This was enough for a tie for 15th place overall. Gemma Dryburgh didn't have such a good event - +1 left her down in 59th place. PGA: Genesis Invitational (19-22 Feb) - Tommy Fleetwood was the top finishing Brit on -12 in a tie for 7th place. Marco Penge scored -10 for a tie for 16th with Robert MacIntyre a further shot behind in a tie for 20th. Matt Fitzpatrick finished on -7 in a tie for 24th with Aaron Rai a further shot behind in a tie for 28th. DPT: Magical Kenya Open (19-22 Feb) - As always, plenty of Brits competing on the European Tour event - Nathan Kimsey was the top performing Brit with -19 giving him a tie for 5th place. Matthew Jordan scored -18 for 7th and Cameron Adam was in 9th on -16. These results will give them entry to the Investec South African Open. -15 was good enough for a tie for 14th for Ben Schmidt. Alex Fitzpatrick finished on -13 in tie for 23rd with Jack Senior a shot further back in tie for 29th. Scottish pair Euan Walker and Scott Jamieson were on -11 in a tie for 34th that also included Joseph Dean. David Law scored -10 for 42nd. James Morrison finished down in 61st on -6 with Matthew Baldwin the last of the Brits on -4 in 67th. Gymnastics- Artistic Gymnastics: 2026 FIG apparatus World Cup - Cottbus (19-22 Feb): Sol Scott took silver in the Vault with a score of 14.249. Jack Stanley was 8th in the Rings final on a score of 12.966 and Adam Tobin finished in 7th place in the Parallel Bars final with a score of 13.300. Squash: Cincinnati Gaynor Cup (18-22 Feb): Georgina Kennedy was the top seed and reached the final but ultimately lost out to but missed out 2nd seed Amanda Sobhy 8-11 2-11 7-11, who had also taken out 4th seed Jasmine Hutton 11-6 11-6 11-8 in the semifinals and Saran Nghiem in round 2. 8th seed Grace Gear got to the quarter finals before being beaten by 3rd seed Salma Hany. a bye to the second round. Alicia Mead and Torrie Malik both lost their first-round matches. Table Tennis: WTT Grand Smash - Singapore (19Feb-01 Mar) - Tom Jarvis received a wildcard for the men's singles in Singapore but went out in the first round to qualifier Kirill Gerassimenko 7-11 8-11 8-11. Tennis: WTA1000 Dubai Duty Free Championships (16-22 Feb): Emma Raducanu will want to forget her Middle East swing after another 1st round exit. This time at the hands of Antonia Ruzic who emerged 6-1 5-7 6-2 winner. in the first round. Sonay Kartal was attempting to qualify for the main draw as the 3rd seed. She got to the second qualifying round but lost out to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. ATP500 Qatar Exxonmobil Open (16-22 Feb) - Jan Choinski had a pretty poor start to the year but is perhaps beginning to turn things around after qualifying for the main draw after defeating James McCabe and top seed Quentin Halys. He faced 6th seed Jakub Mensic and came pretty close to pulling off a major upset but eventually went down 7-6 2-6 4-6. Billy Harris also attempted to qualify but fell in the second round to Pablo Carreno Busta.

National indoor championships results: https://ukaic2026.microplustimingservices.com/#/athletic-result-json/AT/ASF/001/001/007