Atkin wins halfpipe bronze for Team GB's fifth medal
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Key Points:
- Zoe Atkin won bronze in the women's halfpipe at the 2026 Winter Olympics, securing Great Britain's fifth medal and matching the team's record-best haul of three golds, one silver, and one bronze.
- Atkin improved her final run score to 92.50, narrowly missing silver by half a point, while China's Eileen Gu won gold and Li Fanghui took silver.
- This achievement matches that of Atkin's sister Izzy, who won Britain's first Olympic skiing medal with a bronze in slopestyle at the 2018 Games.
- Atkin, a Stanford University student studying symbolic systems, credits her academic knowledge of the brain and cognitive science with helping her overcome fear and perform under pressure in high-risk
