Beijing Winter Olympics: Our Top 7 Moments
23rd February 2022
This February, we celebrated the Winter Olympic games in Beijing, where our National Lottery funded athletes faced highs and lows in their pursuit of Olympic glory.
Opening Ceremony
During the opening ceremony, Team GB was led by curler Eve Muirhead and alpine skier Dave Ryding, who were both competing in their fourth Olympic Games.
They told us how they were feeling about taking part:
Makayla’s performance at Mogul Skiing
Makayla Gerken Schofield made history finishing eighth in the Moguls Skiing category, achieving a best-ever performance in the category for a British athlete.
Makayla had some touching words for her sister Leonie after her performance:
Kirsty’s Big Air debut
17-year-old Kirsty Muir finished fifth in the Freeski Big Air final.
Kirsty told us what's next for her after the Olympics:
The Skeleton team is thinking ahead
Our Skeleton athletes are already thinking about how they can get their hands on a medal in the next Olympics.
Brogan Crowley encourages more young people like her to get involved in winter sport:
Lilah and Lewis’s incredible KISS performance
The ice-skating duo Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson did a memorable performance to the music group KISS.
Here, they reflect on how lucky they feel to be able to share this experience with each other at Beijing:
Team Muirhead’s gold in Curling
On the last day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the women’s curling team achieved an incredible gold medal for Great Britain.
Watch their thank you message to National Lottery players:
Team Mouat’s silver in Curling
Last but not least, after a brilliant performance, the men’s curling Team Mouat came home with a silver medal from Beijing 2022.
Here, they reflect on achieving a fantastic silver:
Since National Lottery funding to elite sport started in 1997, over 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic medals have been won, with more to come in Beijing 2022, Paris 2024 and beyond.
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