{"id":108527,"date":"2026-02-15T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T01:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/great-britain-makes-history-gold-in-mixed-snowboard-cross-first-medal-on-snow\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T01:14:10","slug":"great-britain-makes-history-gold-in-mixed-snowboard-cross-first-medal-on-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/great-britain-makes-history-gold-in-mixed-snowboard-cross-first-medal-on-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain makes history: Gold in Mixed Snowboard Cross, first medal on snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Great Britain Makes History in Mixed Snowboard Cross and Wins Olympic Gold<\/h2>\n\n\nGreat Britain won the gold medal in the mixed team snowboard cross event at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, marking a historic milestone for the country in snow sports.\n\nThe British duo, composed of Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes, dominated the competition from the preliminary rounds, securing the best times in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final.\n\nThis victory represents the first British Olympic gold medal in a snow sport, a significant achievement for the country, which had previously accumulated fourteen gold medals in ice disciplines since 1908.\n\nThe British team adds its second gold medal in Milan-Cortina 2026, after Matt Weston&#8217;s victory in skeleton.\n\nItaly and France completed the podium. The hosts, represented by Lorenzo Sommariva and Michela Moioli, won silver. For Moioli, this is her second medal in the mixed event, after the runner-up finish in 2022, in addition to an individual bronze.\n\nBronze went to the French pair of Loan Bozzolo and L\u00e9a Casta, while Australia finished in fourth position.\n\nThe mixed team snowboard cross event had its second appearance in the Olympic program, debuting in Beijing 2022, where the United States won gold.\n\nWith this outstanding performance, Great Britain consolidates the growth of snowboarding within its sports structure, leaving an indelible mark on the Olympic history of winter sports.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Britain Makes History in Mixed Snowboard Cross and Wins Olympic Gold Great Britain won the gold medal in the mixed team snowboard cross event at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, marking a historic milestone for the country in snow sports. The British duo, composed of Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes, dominated the competition from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[5443,10887,2641,11863],"class_list":{"0":"post-108527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-great-britain","9":"tag-milan-cortina","10":"tag-olympic-gold","11":"tag-snowboard-cross"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}