Follow live text, BBC TV coverage, radio commentary, reaction and updates from the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

The five Winter Olympic sports Team GB will never master as medal drought goes on - Near misses have been the story of the 2026 Winter Olympics but even that would be progress in some disciplines.

Team GB have a structured pay scale for athletes depending on their status and how likely they are to win a medal at events such as the summer or winter Olympics and Paralympics. Members of Team GB receive funding towards their living and sporting costs through the Athlete Performance Award (APA).

The Olympic champion was Team GB’s flagbearer at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.

Every four years, the Winter Olympics deliver two certainties: gravity-defying athletic feats and national team kits that range from quietly excellent to brave. Team GB usually lands closer to the former than the latter, but even then, not everything designed for elite sport is built for everyday life.

THE greatest Winter Olympic Games moments of all time have been revealed, with Torvill and Dean’s unforgettable Bolero routine in Sarajevo 1984 topping the list. Still regarded as one of Britain’s

Express Sport has live Winter Olympics updates from Milan-Cortina on Thursday, including the latest on Lindsey Vonn after her crash, as well as Team GB news.

Team GB have been caught up in a row about illegal helmets on the first day of competition at the Winter Olympics.

Representing France: Hemel Hempstead-born Bankes began her international career at the age of 15, competing for France after moving to the French Alps as a young child. She quickly established herself as a rising talent, eventually winning two World Junior Championship titles and three French national championships.