Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s wait for a first medal continues

Great Britain’s wait for a medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics goes on.

Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds saw their hopes of bronze in the mixed doubles curling dashed by a 9-3 defeat to Sweden, while 17-year-old Kirsty Muir finished fifth in the freestyle big air final.

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games – Day Four — Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir during the women’s freeski Big Air final in Beijing (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Here the PA news agency provides a quick guide to what happened on Tuesday in Beijing – and the highlights still to come.

Star of the day

This is INCREDIBLE from Eileen Gu! ???

That’s a score of 94.5, she’s in gold medal position.

Great scenes.

Watch live on @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer – https://t.co/vIl5ByfYsb #bbcolympics #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/lBdak3QZeO

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 8, 2022

There is no doubt Eileen Gu has ice in her veins. Gu, known as China’s ‘Snow Princess’, was under immense pressure in the freestyle big air final as her country held its collective breath. But the US-born 18-year-old attempted and landed a 1620 – four and a half rotations – for the first time in her competitive career to beat France’s Tess Ledeux to gold.

Fail of the day

Beijing Olympics Figure Skating — Double defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu reacts with disappointment after a poor performance in the men’s figure skating competition (David J. Phillip/AP)

Picture of the day

Beijing Olympics Ice Hockey — Japan’s Remi Koyama flips over Czech Republic goalkeeper Klara Peslarova during a failed shoot-out attempt in their preliminary round women’s hockey game (Petr David Josek/AP)

17 years old. Olympic debut. 5th place finish.

A smiling superstar ?#TeamGB | #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/TsGUbfGhVV

— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 8, 2022

What’s on tomorrow

Reigning world champion Charlotte Bankes will be gunning for gold in the snowboard cross (0800 in the UK) as she attempts to put Great Britain on the medal table in Beijing. Hemel Hempstead-born Bankes represented France at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Games before switching to Team GB. Gus Kenworthy and Shaun White are also in snowboard action in the men’s halfpipe qualification. Farrell Treacy competes in the men’s 1500m short track speed skating competition.