Great Britain celebrated the most successful Winter Olympics campaign in their history on Sunday after winning two more gold medals — in snowboard cross and skeleton.<\/p>\n
Team GB had never previously won more than one gold at a single Winter Games but they have three already in Italy.<\/p>\n
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First on Sunday, Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale teamed up to win the mixed team snowboard cross — Britain’s first-ever gold on snow.<\/p>\n
Then Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker won the mixed-team skeleton event to add to Weston’s victory in the men’s event on Friday.<\/p>\n
Britain, bereft of towering mountains and with little snow, had only ever won 12 gold medals in the Winter Olympics in total before the Milan-Cortina Games.<\/p>\n
“It’s fine margins. Even for us individuals, it’s really fine margins,” said Bankes. “To actually pull it off, that’s what I’m proud of, to be able to do it in a team event.<\/p>\n
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“It’s Team GB that’s Olympic champion, and that’s for all the support we get.”<\/p>\n
Nightingale said: “You do it for your nation, your country, the fans, the support. Thanks to everyone. It’s still unreal. I’m sure I won’t sleep very well tonight.”<\/p>\n
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