"Sunday night, though, was all about Brookes in the Big Air. It is an event not for the fainthearted, given that it requires snowboarders to fly down a 150feet high ramp before launching off a ramp, and trying to spin as much as possible before nailing the landing. And Brookes's Winter Olympics campaign could not have got off to a worse start as she over-rotated on her first run and ended up sliding towards Livigno town centre on her backside."
"Team GB's mixed curling team of Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds will play in their semi-final in the afternoon, knowing they are oddson favourites with the bookies having lost just one game, against Switzerland, in the group stages. Win their last-four encounter and they will guarantee a medal. Then there is the 21-year-old Kirsty Muir, who goes into the freeski slopestyle final full of confidence, having also come third in qualifying."
Mia Brookes qualified third for the Big Air final after recovering from an over-rotation that left her 24th on her first run, helped by listening to Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera and Judas Priest. Big Air requires launches from a 150feet ramp, spinning and nailing landings, with only the top two scores from three runs counted, so Brookes needed big second and third runs. Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds are oddson favourites in the mixed doubles curling semi-final after losing only once in group stages; a win guarantees a medal. Kirsty Muir qualified third for freeski slopestyle and is third favourite for gold.
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