Zoe Atkin: The world champion aiming to take Eileen Gu’s Olympic title is embracing fear

Zoe Atkin was rooted to the spot as she looked down on the 22ft wall of ice. “I can’t do this,” she told herself. The halfpipe intimidated her. Her older sister, Isabel Atkin, Great Britain’s first skiing Olympic medallist, was more free-spirited. She would jump from ridiculous heights, shouting “Come on!” at her younger sister. … Read more

Winter Olympics 2026: Gus Kenworthy took death threats over ICE post ‘with grain of salt’

Team GB’s Gus Kenworthy says he is “on the right side” after he received death threats for posting a graphic message about the United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement organisation. Freestyle skier Kenworthy shared the image – in which ‘ICE’ was preceded by an expletive – on Instagram a week before he was due to … Read more