"Team GB chiefs have hailed Britain's greatest day at a Winter Olympics after celebrating two gold medals, in the mixed snowboard cross and mixed team skeleton in Milano Cortina. Super Sunday started with Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale storming to a surprise victory in Livigno, with Bankes dramatically overtaking the French team with four turns remaining to take mixed snowboard cross gold."
"I'm extremely proud of what I've been able to achieve in the past couple of days, he said. To win the first ever team event is absolutely amazing and to win it with such a great teammate is the icing on the cake. Team GB's chef de mission, Eve Muirhead, hailed the gold medals that put Britain into 12th in the table."
Team GB secured two gold medals at Milano Cortina, marking the nation's most successful single day at a Winter Olympics. Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale captured mixed snowboard cross in Livigno after Bankes overtook the French with four turns remaining. Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston won mixed team skeleton in Cortina after Weston overturned a 0.30sec deficit to beat Germany by 0.17sec, making Weston joint most decorated British Winter Olympian with Lizzy Yarnold. The results moved Britain to 12th in the medal table. Team officials praised the performances while noting a slower start and Mia Brookes' qualifying disappointment.
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