Kirsty Muir agonisingly misses out on medal again in thrilling big air final

Welcome to our live coverage of the Winter Olympics, where Britain’s Kirsty Muir is in action in the women’s freeski big air final.

Medal hope Muir qualified in fourth place for tonight’s final after narrowly missing out on making the podium last week in the slopestyle.

The 21-year-old was denied a bronze medal by just 0.41 points, recovering after errors on her first two runs to land an excellent third, but it wasn’t enough. The Scottish skier was tearful after coming so close, but will have a shot at redemption this evening in the big air.

“Obviously missing out on an Olympic medal, being that close is hard and it’s going to be hard for anyone, no matter what competition. Fourth is such a hard place to be in, but even more so at the Olympics,” she said.

“All my friends, family, supporters from home have all been like, fourth at the Olympics, fourth in the world, congrats, and I feel that as well, but it’s just hard because you want that podium. But at the same time I’m very proud of my skiing.”

The softly spoken Scot has vowed to leave everything out on the slopes as she targets a medal. After Team GB’s gold rush over the weekend – which began with Matt Weston’s heroics in the individual men’s skeleton on Friday night – Muir will not be lacking in inspiration.