competition on tuesday. team gb freestyle skier izzy atkin has pulled out of the slopestyle competition, having already withdrawn from the big air. atkin won britain s first ever olympic skiing medal when she took slopestyle bronze in pyeongchang in 2018. she broke her pelvis in an event in colorado in december but she had been hopeful of competing in beijing. atkin s younger sister, zoe, will make her olympic debut in the halfpipe next week. great britain s 20 year run of medals in skeleton is about to end, after a really disappointing day laura deas, bronze medallist four years ago, is in 21st place after the first two runs, with brogan crowley even further behind. britain s men are also way out of the medals. it s been suggested there may be a problem with the equipment deas said she couldn t work out what went wrong and she was clearly devastated. i didn t have the speed, i don t know why. i feel like i executed a really good game plan.
britain have won medals at the skeleton in the last five winter olympics, but fair to day they won t be winning here. at the halfway point in the women s events laura deas is in 21st place and her team mate, brogan crowley, is in 27th place. such disappointment for laura deas, who won a bronze medal in pyeongchang four years ago. she has had a tough season and the speed was just not there. bear in mind britain s competitors in the men s event are also out of the top ten, then safe to say britain will not be winning medals here in beijing. it has also not been a great day for britain s curlers. britain s women lost their group match against south korea. south korea made a comeback to take the match 9 7. that means that the britain women s