A good reminder of why sport rewards attention.
Within the space of half an hour, two very different stories played out. First, a real high point for Team GB, with Matt Weston taking Britain’s first medal of the Winter Olympics Games after a dominant performance in the downhill tea tray. (skeleton.)
Then, a sharp contrast on the ice. Figure skating favourite Ilia Malinin, unbeaten for an age and widely expected to take gold, fell twice and finished outside the medals.
It wasn’t a lack of talent or preparation.. just one of those moments sport occasionally delivers when it reminds us once again that there are no certainties in life.
And that’s what makes it so compelling.
Andrew Greenhalgh 