• Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale win a thriller

• First time GB have won two golds at a Winter Games

A drinking session, a punch on the nose, an equipment malfunction. It sounds like a typical Saturday night in Hemel Hempstead or Bolton. But it turned out to be the unlikely recipe behind Team GB’s first gold medal on snow at the Winter Olympics after 102 years of trying.

Amid dramatic scenes in Livigno, Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale carved their way into history with a staggering display of devilry and nerve to secure mixed snowboard cross glory. For good measure, it was also Britain’s second gold of the Winter Games – the first time that mark has ever been reached.