The pair from Nottingham made British sporting history after winning a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. 

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Kamila Valieva competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The ruling expunges all of Valieva's competition results since late 2021, including the team gold she won with Russia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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Vicky Wright was on the Olympic Team GB Women's curling team who managed to secure gold.

Vicky Wright returns to nursing after Winter Olympics curling gold medal glory

Lance Corporal Shanwayne Stephens and his team

The Peterborough soldier who skippered Jamaica's Olympic bobsleigh team in Beijing hopes his experience of overcoming adversity will be an inspiration.

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220222 The Scottish Curling Championships have started in Dumfries David Owen - Dumfries Curling

Following Olympic success, the competition started on Monday 21 February and will finish on Sunday 27 February.

Scottish Curling Championships kick off in Dumfries this week

22.02.22 MEN AND WOMEN'S CURLING TEAMS MEDAL HEATHROW - CREDIT TEAMGB/SAM MELLISH

The women's team including Stranraer's Vicky Wright secured Great Britain's only gold, and the men's team, with three members from Dumfries brought home silver.

Curling team arrive back in UK to hero's welcome after medal wins

18/02/22 Great Britain's Vicky Wright celebrates victory after the Women's Curling Semi-Final during day fourteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, China. Picture date: Friday February 18, 2022. PA Images.

Vicky Wright was amongst those who won Curling gold at the Winter Olympics over the weekend.

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17/02/22. Great Britain's Hammy McMillan (left), Bobby Lammie and Grant Hardie (right) in action against against Canada during day thirteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Centre in China. Picture date: Thursday February 17, 2022. Xinhua/PA Images

Three of the four-man team who won their semi-final game today are from Dumfries and Galloway. The women's team, with one player from our region, play tomorrow.

Dumfries and Galloway curlers take Team GB through to Olympic gold medal game

Ross Whyte, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie, Grant Hardie and Bruce Mouat with their Silver medals after the Men's Gold Medal game on day fifteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Centre in China. Picture date: Saturday February 19, 2022.
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The men’s curling team lost in the Winter Olympics final against Sweden but received a royal tribute for their efforts.

Families thrilled as Great Britain's curlers bring home first Team GB medal

Eve Muirhead paid tribute to her fellow team members after Great Britain swept to their first Olympic curling gold medal since 2002.

Gold for Team GB at Winter Olympics as Eve Muirhead's curling team beat Japan

Men's curling team Team GB win silver at Winter Oympics in Beijing.
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The team lost to Sweden in the nail-biting final.

Great Britain's men win silver in curling - Team GB's first medal at 2022 Games

Dumfries and Galloway's Vicky Wright will compete for Olympic gold this weekend after she helped Team GB beat Sweden.

Dumfries and Galloway woman helps Team GB to Olympic curling final 

Kamila Valieva failed to reach the podium at the Winter Olympics in Beijing after falling several times in her final routine.

Russia's star figure skater fails to win medal after doping controversy

10/02/22. BEIJING, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hammy McMillan (L) and Bobby Lammie of Great Britain compete during the curling men's round robin session of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between Great Britain and Italy at National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang). Taken from PA Images

Team GB men's curlers beat Russia in an 8-6 victory, keeping their hopes of finishing in the top spot of the Beijing Winter Olympics very much in sight

Dumfries and Galloway curlers one win away from medal game

160222 Russian skater Kamila Valieva and US sprinter Sha-Carri Richardson, AP

Sha'Carri Richardson had suggested the decision to allow Kamila Valieva to continue competing was due to race.

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