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Briton finishes ninth after quarter-final defeat
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‘Sorry, I was hoping to put on a better show’
Few sports at the Winter Olympics are more thrilling or turbulent than snowboard cross. The idea is simple. Four competitors, a steep mountain, ramps, and whoever gets down quickest to the bottom wins. But jeopardy lurks on every sharp turn and steep bank. And calamities are an unfortunate fact of life.
Team GB’s Charlotte Bankes knows this better than anyone. Four years ago in Beijing she arrived as a gold medal favourite only to leave in tears after finishing ninth. On the brightest of sunny days history repeated itself. Hopes. Dreams. Expectations. Another ninth-place finish. And more tears.
Written by Sean Ingle in Livigno
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/13/charlotte-bankes-snowboard-cross-great-britain-winter-olympics-josie-baff-medal under the title “Charlotte Bankes rues cruel nature of snowboard cross as dreams dashed again”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
