304: Winter Olympics Special #9 | Cross Country best for Team GB plus Halfpipe preview

304: Winter Olympics Special #9 | Cross Country best for Team GB plus Halfpipe preview

Iain and Emily discuss the Women’s Ski Cross, Michaela Shiffrin’s dominating performance in the Slalom and a best ever Team GB performance in cross country, plus we look ahead to Zoe Atkin’s chances of a medal in the Ski Half Pipe and reflect just how tough Skimo looks!

Iain Martin was joined by Olympian and former Team GB Skier X athlete Emily Sarsfield.

SHOW NOTES

Emily commentates for TNT Sport on Skier Cross (0:30)
Silver medallist Fanny Smith could have been winning a medal for Team GB (1:00)
Ollie Davies is representing Team GB in the Men’s Skier Cross (2:45)
Michaela Shiffrin’s margin of 1.5 seconds was the largest in Olympic alpine since 1998 (9:00)
She is the winningest World Cup skier of all time with 108 wins (9:15)
Andrew Musgrave and James Clugnet finished 5th in the Team Sprint Relay – Britain’s highest ever finish in cross country (10:00)
Is Skimo ‘snow’s answer to triathlon’ (12:00)
Emily Harrop won silver for France, but is another Brit that got away (13:30)
The Men’s Ski Halfpipe features Gus Kenworthy, who qualified for the final in 9th place (14:00)
Zoe Atkin goes for a medal in the Women’s Ski Half Pipe on Saturday, having qualified in 1st place (14:15)

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