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Flo Clifford

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Flo Clifford is a Sports Reporter for The Independent, specialising in cycling, tennis, and both summer and winter Olympic sports. She joined the title in March 2025, having previously worked as a freelancer for outlets including Eurosport, Cycling Weekly, and Cyclingnews.

<p>World champion Alysa Liu claimed Olympic gold on Thursday</p>
Winter Olympics

Liu wins women’s figure skating gold to cap glittering comeback story

<p>The United States women's hockey team claimed their first Olympic gold medal in eight years</p>
Sport

Dramatic overtime goal sees USA beat Canada to win ice hockey gold

Winter Olympics

Winter Olympic curling semi-final schedule after Team GB qualify

LiveWinter Olympics

Team GB seal men’s curling gold medal match after women’s heartbreak

<p>Team GB failed to make the curling semi-finals</p>
Winter Olympics

GB women out of curling medal contention after stunning USA win

<p>Team GB’s women’s curlers are out of medal contention</p>
Sport

GB women’s curlers fail to reach semi-finals as medal dream ends

<p>Ski mountaineering made its Olympic debut on Thursday</p>
Winter Olympics

Skimo is entertaining - but fundamental flaws make it merely a gimmick

<p>Great Britain’s men are into the semi-finals </p>
Winter Olympics

GB men’s curlers scrape into semi-finals to keep hopes of glory alive

<p>GB’s men’s curling team is into the Olympic semi-finals (Andrew Milligan/PA).</p>
Sport

Team GB curlers move step closer to Olympic medal

<p>Ski mountaineering will make its Winter Olympic debut on Thursday</p>
Winter Olympics

The ‘breakdancing’ of Winter Olympics: Welcome to ski mountaineering

<p>Vonn revealed that her dog died the day after she crashed in the Winter Olympics downhill race</p>
Olympics

Vonn opens up on ‘hardest days’ after dog dies day after Olympic crash

<p>Lindsey Vonn revealed that her dog died the day after she crashed in the Winter Olympics downhill race</p>
Sport

Lindsey Vonn reveals ‘hard few days’ after Winter Olympics crash

<p>Mikaela Shiffrin won her first Olympic gold in eight years with victory in the slalom</p>
Winter Olympics

Shiffrin breaks eight-year Olympic drought with brilliant slalom gold

Winter Olympics

Shiffrin breaks eight-year Olympic drought with brilliant slalom gold

<p>Mikaela Shiffrin won her first Olympic gold in eight years with victory in the slalom</p>
<p>USA's Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after winning the women's slalom event</p>
Sport

Mikaela Shiffrin claims slalom gold medal to end Olympic woes

<p>CURLING-CONTROVERSIA</p>
Winter Olympics

What is the hammer in curling and how does it work?

<p>Bruce Mouat's rink have underperformed in Cortina and are at risk of elimination in the group stage</p>
Winter Olympics

GB curlers slump to Canada defeat to leave semis spot on a knife edge

Winter Olympics

Who are AIN athletes at the Winter Olympics and is Russia banned?

Winter Olympics

Who are AIN athletes at the Winter Olympics and is Russia banned?

Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics: Why aren’t Palestine competing and is Israel banned?

<p>Kirsty Muir finished fourth in the Big Air final to add to her fourth in slopestyle</p>
Winter Olympics

Muir denied Olympic medal for second time after crash in Big Air final

<p>Kirsty Muir endured another agonising fourth place finish in Livigno </p>
Sport

The key error that saw Kirsty Muir miss out on Olympic medal again

<p>The freeski Big Air final has been hit by heavy snowfall and high winds in the Italian Alps</p>
Sport

Highly anticipated Winter Olympics event postponed due to blizzard

<p>Great Britain’s Matt Weston has a shoulder issue (Andrew Milligan/PA</p>
Sport

How Team GB’s Matt Weston battled through pain to make Olympic history

<p>Weston and Stoecker won gold in the mixed skeleton</p>
Winter Olympics

Weston reveals he won two Olympic golds despite severe shoulder injury

<p>Dave Ryding signed off on his Olympic slalom career with a 17th place finish</p>
Winter Olympics

GB’s best-ever skier Ryding signs off on Winter Olympics slalom career

<p>Dave Ryding came 17th in his final Olympic race</p>
Sport

British skiing legend ends Winter Olympic career with a bow

<p>Weston and Stoecker won gold in the mixed skeleton</p>
Winter Olympics

Weston reveals he won two Olympic golds despite severe shoulder injury

<p>Dave Ryding signed off on his Olympic slalom career with a 17th place finish</p>
Winter Olympics

GB’s best-ever skier Ryding signs off on Winter Olympics slalom career

<p>Dave Ryding came 17th in his final Olympic race</p>
Sport

British skiing legend ends Winter Olympic career with a bow

<p>Great Britain’s Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker celebrate winning gold after the skeleton mixed team final</p>
Winter Olympics

Secret tech and espionage: Why Team GB are world-beaters in skeleton

Winter Olympics

Secret tech and espionage: Why Team GB are world-beaters in skeleton

<p>Great Britain’s Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker celebrate winning gold after the skeleton mixed team final</p>
<p>Tabby Stoecker and Matt Weston won gold in the mixed skeleton</p>
Winter Olympics

‘Super Sunday’ for Team GB as Weston and Stoecker win skeleton gold

<p>Kirsty Muir will compete in the Big Air event on Monday</p>
Winter Olympics

Muir bids for Olympic comeback after ‘bit of heartbreak’ in slopestyle

Winter Olympics

Who is Matt Weston? Skeleton star makes Olympics history for Team GB

<p>Shiffrin was visibly frustrated as she failed to make up any time in her second giant slalom run</p>
Winter Olympics

Shiffrin misses giant slalom podium as Olympic misery continues

<p>Shiffrin was visibly frustrated as she failed to make up any time in her second giant slalom run</p>
Winter Olympics

Shiffrin misses giant slalom podium as Olympic misery continues

<p>Bankes and Nightingale have won Britain's first ever Olympic gold on snow</p>
Winter Olympics

GB’s Bankes and Nightingale win historic Olympic snowboard cross gold

<p>Charlotte Bankes won GB's first Olympic gold on snow alongside Huw Nightingale</p>
Winter Olympics

GB’s Bankes wins race against time to make Olympics - and win gold

<p>Bankes won the semi-final with a brilliant overtake of Lea Casta on France</p>
Sport

Team GB secure stunning second gold medal at Winter Olympics

<p>Weston roared with delight as he won GB's first gold - and first medal - of the Games </p>
Winter Olympics

Ice-cool Weston makes history and shatters record with GB’s first gold

Sport

Matt Weston wins first Winter Olympics gold medal for Team GB

LiveWinter Olympics

Weston ends Team GB medal drought and makes history with skeleton gold

Sport

Matt Weston breaks track record twice as he pursues Olympic Gold

<p>Bankes was devastated to fall in the quarter-finals for the second straight Games</p>
Winter Olympics

Quarter-final curse strikes for Bankes as GB medal drought continues

<p>World No 1 Matt Weston set the quickest time in the first heat</p>
Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics 2026: How to watch every event online and on TV

<p>Vladyslav Heraskevych has not been allowed to compete at the Winter Olympics over his helmet bearing images of Ukraine’s war dead</p>
Winter Olympics

The IOC is deluded – removing politics from the Olympics is impossible

<p>Federica Brignone now has the complete set of Olympic medals</p>
Winter Olympics

Italy’s Brignone wins super-G less than a year after horror crash

Winter Olympics

Italy’s Brignone wins super-G less than a year after horror crash

<p>Federica Brignone now has the complete set of Olympic medals</p>
<p>Vladyslav Heraskevych begins his competition on Thursday </p>
Sport

Ukrainian star disqualified from Winter Olympics over banned helmet

<p>Heraskevych says he would rather sacrifice his dream of a medal at the Winter Olympics</p>
Winter Olympics

Ukrainian disqualified from Winter Olympics over war tribute helmet

<p>World No 1 Matt Weston set the quickest time in the first and second heat</p>
Winter Olympics

Team GB’s skeleton star Weston in gold medal position at halfway point

<p>Great Britain's Matt Weston during the Men's Skeleton Heats at the Cortina Sliding Centre, on day six of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics</p>
Sport

Team GB medal hopeful breaks track record

<p>Great Britain's Matt Weston during the Men's Skeleton Heats at the Cortina Sliding Centre, on day six of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics</p>
Sport

Team GB medal hopeful breaks track record

<p>Julia Simon, of France, poses with the gold medal for the women's 15-kilometer individual biathlon race</p>
Winter Olympics

The bad blood at the heart of France’s dominance at Winter Olympics

<p>Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson finished seventh in Milan, their worst result since Beijing four years ago </p>
Winter Olympics

Heartbreak for Fear and Gibson as Team GB’s medal drought continues

Sport

Costly error sees British ice-skaters miss out on Olympic medal

<p>Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France perform during the rhythm dance at the Milano Cortina Olympics</p>
Winter Olympics

The dark cloud hanging over the Winter Olympics’ most glamorous sport

<p>The Winter Olympics will take place from 6-22 February</p>
Winter Olympics

Can transgender athletes compete at the Winter Olympics?

<p>It was heartbreak for Dodds and Mouat again in Cortina</p>
Winter Olympics

Old ghosts haunt Mouat and Dodds in Olympic mixed doubles defeat

<p>Johan-Olav Botn won Olympic gold on his maiden appearance at the Games</p>
Winter Olympics

Norway’s Botn wins Olympic gold two months on from teammate’s death

<p>Shiffrin failed to bring her usual brilliance to the Alpine combined, finishing fourth </p>
Winter Olympics

Olympic heartbreak goes on for Shiffrin with fourth in Alpine combined

<p>Italy got the better of GB in the bronze medal match</p>
Sport

Team GB miss out on Winter Olympics medal in mixed curling

<p>Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson during their routine at the Ice Skating European Championships</p>
Winter Olympics

Fear and Gibson embrace weight of history as they aim for Olympic gold

<p>The two-time world champion set a new Olympic record as the Netherlands finished first and second</p>
Sport

Jake Paul in tears as fiancée Jutta Leerdam wins Olympic gold

Sport

Jake Paul in tears as fiancée Jutta Leerdam wins Olympic gold

<p>The two-time world champion set a new Olympic record as the Netherlands finished first and second</p>
<p>Jutta Leerdam burst into tears as she won the women's 1,000m speed skating Olympic title</p>
Winter Olympics

Leerdam wins speed skating gold as fiancé Paul cries in audience

<p>Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir just missed out on bronze </p>
Sport

Did Team GB win any medals at the Winter Olympics today?

<p>Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are in fourth place after the rhythm dance </p>
Winter Olympics

Fear and Gibson still in hunt for ice dance medal after rhythm dance

<p>Mia Brookes went for a huge four-and-a-half rotations but failed to land the jump cleanly and missed out on the podium </p>
Winter Olympics

No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver

<p>Mia Brookes went for a huge four-and-a-half rotations but failed to land the jump cleanly and missed out on the podium </p>
Winter Olympics

No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver

<p>Kirsty Muir improved significantly on her final run but fell just short of a medal</p>
Winter Olympics

GB’s Muir misses out on freeski slopestyle medal by fraction of point

<p>Kirsty Muir is among GB’s medal hopes on day three of the Games</p>
Winter Olympics

Team GB cross fingers for ‘Magic Monday’ with two medals up for grabs

<p>Vonn crashed early on the Winter Olympics downhill course</p>
Winter Olympics

Vonn undergoes surgery after horror crash in Winter Olympics downhill

<p>Each curling stone has a set of lights</p>
Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics 2026: What do the lights on curling stones mean?

Sport

Team GB Set for Pivotal Day With gold hopes in Snow Sports

<p>United States' Lindsey Vonn is airlifted away after a crash during an alpine ski women's downhill race</p>
Sport

Lindsey Vonn injury update after serious Winter Olympics crash

<p>Mia Brookes laid down an astonishing backside 1260 to put her halfway into the final</p>
Winter Olympics

Brookes overcomes nerve-wracking start to qualify for Big Air final

<p>Kirsty Muir on her way to X Games slopestyle gold</p>
Winter Olympics

The snowsport stars leading Team GB’s charge at Winter Olympics

<p>Breezy Johnson won the first medal of the games for Team USA</p>
Winter Olympics

USA’s Johnson wins Olympic women’s downhill as Vonn crashes out

<p>Breezy Johnson claimed gold for Team USA</p>
Sport

Johnson wins first Olympic gold for Team USA after Vonn crashes out

<p>Vonn had to be airlifted to hospital</p>
Sport

Vonn suffers horror crash at Olympics after racing with ruptured ACL

<p>Lindsey Vonn is still, improbably, one of the major contenders to win Sunday’s downhill Olympic title </p>
Winter Olympics

Superhuman Vonn’s Winter Olympics act of bravery shows defining trait

<p>Britain's Matt Weston is the heavy favourite for gold in Cortina</p>
Winter Olympics

Team GB skeleton lose Cas appeal over banned helmets

<p>Algeria’s Imane Khelif was at the centre of the row over gender rules that threatened to overshadow the 2024 Olympics</p>
Olympics

New IOC rules on gender eligibility expected ‘in next few months’

<p>JD Vance pictured with his wife Usha Vance, was booed on Friday</p>
Sport

Winter Olympics chiefs react to boos for JD Vance and Israeli athletes

<p>JD Vance, Vice President of the United States, was booed at the opening ceremony (Peter Kneffel/POOL)</p>
Winter Olympics

IOC responds to booing of Vance and Israel at Opening Ceremony

<p>Algeria’s Imane Khelif was at the centre of the row over gender rules that threatened to overshadow the 2024 Olympics</p>
Olympics

New IOC rules on gender eligibility expected ‘in next few months’

<p>JD Vance pictured with his wife Usha Vance, was booed on Friday</p>
Sport

Winter Olympics chiefs react to boos for JD Vance and Israeli athletes

<p>JD Vance, Vice President of the United States, was booed at the opening ceremony (Peter Kneffel/POOL)</p>
Winter Olympics

IOC responds to booing of Vance and Israel at Opening Ceremony

<p>JD Vance and his wife were booed at a charged Opening Ceremony</p>
Winter Olympics

Olympic boos for JD Vance show politics can’t be avoided at 2026 Games

<p>Britain have medal hopefuls across a range of sports in Milano-Cortina</p>
Winter Olympics

‘Incredible’ Team GB can ‘disrupt norm’ at Winter Olympics - Muirhead

<p>Team USA and JD Vance weren’t the only guests to receive an un-warm welcome</p>
Sport

Two countries booed at Olympics opening ceremony despite stern warning

<p>The Winter Olympics will take place in Milano-Cortina this month</p>
Winter Olympics

What time is the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?

<p>Gus Kenworthy will compete for Team GB in the freeski half-pipe</p>
Sport

Team GB skier urinates anti-ICE message into snow at Winter Olympics

<p>The Winter Olympics will take place from 6-22 February</p>
Sport

How to watch the Winter Olympics opening ceremony

<p>British freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy posted a graphic protests against ICE on social media</p>
Winter Olympics

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

<p>The Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium, a key area at the 2026 Winter Olympics</p>
Sport

Verdict issued on Winter Olympics ‘penisgate’ controversy

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