Winter Olympics: Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes miss out on freeski slopestyle medals

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Team GB's wait for a 2022 Winter Olympic medal goes on after freestyle skiers Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes finished short of the slopestyle podium.

Muir, 17, placed eighth in the final while 26-year-old Summerhayes - at her third Games - was ninth.

With just five days of the Games remaining, Great Britain are now projected to win just one medal.

The last time GB went home from a Winter Games empty-handed was 1992.

In the slopestyle final, Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud was crowned Olympic champion with a best score of 86.56, upgrading her silver from four years ago.

China's Eileen Gu took silver while Estonia's Kelly Sildaru won bronze.

"I don't think it even sunk in that I made finals and I still don't know if it has," Summerhayes - who finished with a best of 64.75 - told BBC Sport.

"I'm pretty stoked - I had a blast so that's what I'll take away. I've had such a good Games, probably the best one I've ever had."

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