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Winter Olympics Team GB skier uses urine to write an anti-ICE message on snow

Team GB freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy has sparked controversy at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy after posting a graphic anti-ICE message written in snow using his urine, yet will face no punishment under Olympic rules.

The Times of India

‘Incredible’ Team GB can ‘disrupt the norm’ at the Winter Olympics, says Eve Muirhead

Team GB’s chef de mission for Milano-Cortina, Eve Muirhead, says the 2026 squad is potentially the best Britain have ever sent to a Winter Games

The Independent UK

The redemption arc at the heart of the Winter Olympics’ most unforgiving sport

Figure skating has it all, but the athletes are only interested in medals... or a Spice Girls nod, in the case of Team GB’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson

The Independent UK

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British skier Gus Kenworthy to avoid censure over graphic anti-ICE message

Kenworthy, who is preparing to compete at the Winter Olympics, apparently urinated the words into the snow.

The Independent UK

Team GB skier posts graphic anti-ICE protest as Winter Olympics backlash continues

Team GB freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy posted a graphic message to social media joining the chorus protesting against ICE

The Independent UK

Loneliness of Olympic village vanishes in joyful moment you pull on Team GB kit

There is a huge buzz for the Games that are the pinnacle for the athletes but competing through illness and injury is all part of the test

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics Team GB skier targets ICE with graphic message written in snow

Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow

The Guardian - UK

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Winter Games Opening Ceremony LIVE: Olympic cauldrons lit after JD Vance and Israeli athletes booed in Milan

The Winter Olympics officially got underway tonight with the Opening Ceremony in Milan

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics 2026: opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro and beyond – as it happened

The Olympic Flame is lit as Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and Lang Lang star in beautiful opening ceremony at the San Siro stadium

The Guardian - UK

Eileen Gu: US freestyle skier representing China at the Winter Olympics 2026

Eileen Gu is a skiing superstar, but the US born gold medalist represents China in the Winter Olympics, why?

The Independent UK

What time is the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?

The Winter Olympics officially get underway on Friday 6 February with the Opening Ceremony

The Independent UK

Team GB need to ‘step it up a little’ despite perfect start in mixed curling

Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat have three wins from three in Milano-Cortina but acknowledge that Mouat in particular needs to find another gear

The Independent UK

When is the Winter Olympics opening ceremony? Start time, how to watch and who is performing today

The San Siro will play host to a star-studded launch event

Evening Standard

DJs, air hockey, and 5,000 teabags: Inside the Olympic village

‘We try to make it a home away from home’, says Team GB’s Carly Hodgson of the team’s quiet corner of Milan

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Anti-ICE backlash and Vance’s presence fail to chill enthusiasm as USA get Winter Olympics underway

Despite local anti-ICE protests and the potential for disruption around US vice-president JD Vance’s appearance at Thursday night’s ice hockey opener, Team USA’s Games appear to have got off to a smooth start

The Independent UK

The controversy behind Team GB’s banned skeleton helmet and the hunt for Winter Olympics glory

Matt Weston concedes the timing of the potential ban could have been better, but Team GB remain bullish over their chances on the ice

The Guardian - UK

Team GB chief predicts ‘most potent’ Winter Games ever with sights set on eight medals

Eve Muirhead, Britain’s chef de mission at the Milano Cortina Games, said: ‘We have the capability to disrupt the norm’

Evening Standard

Lilah Fear will be ‘perfect’ Team GB flagbearer, former teacher says

A former teacher of figure skater Lilah Fear has told of her pride in the Olympian, who she said will set a high standard as flagbearer for Team GB.

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Evening Standard

Team GB go before CAS over skeleton helmet ban at Winter Olympics

GB medal hopes hit after ban on new aerodynamic racing helmet

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work?

Everything you need to know about Britain’s most successful winter sport

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics briefing: curling subplots abound as lights go out on first action

British duo Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat get the better of Norway after power failure at curling arena

The Independent UK

IOC president Kirsty Coventry urges spectators to be “respectful” towards US athletes as backlash grows over ICE

The president largely swerved political questions at a pre-Winter Olympics press conference and suggested athletes’ respect for one another ‘put into perspective what we could be’

The Guardian - UK

Team GB’s best chance of Winter Olympics gold dealt major blow after helmets ban

Great Britain’s best hopes of a gold medal at these Winter Olympics have suffered a significant blow after their aerodynamic helmets were banned for being the wrong shape

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics officials suggest major date shift due to climate change

Only 10 nations will be able to host the snow sports of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by 2040, according to an IOC study

The Independent UK

‘It exceeds my wildest dreams’: Hall and Fear named Team GB flagbearers for Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Lilah Fear and Brad Hall have been awarded the role of flagbearers four years on from curler Eve Muirhead and slalom skier Dave Ryding leading out Team GB in Beijing

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