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Chef de Mission Eve Muirhead declared Great Britain a nation “on the rise” in winter sports as Olympians received a hero’s welcome following their record-breaking exploits in Italy.Team GB celebrated their greatest Winter Olympics by winning five medals – three gold, a silver and a bronze – at the Milan and Cortina Games.Skeleton racer Matt Weston led athletes into the arrivals hall at Gatwick Airport on Monday lunchtime, wearing his two gold medals and waving the Union Flag.

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00:29I'll see you next time
00:45Oh, to come away as the most successful team at the Winter Olympics, three gold medals,
00:51we've only ever had one at Winter Olympics before, coming away with the most decorated
00:55male Winter Olympian of all time, Matt Weston as well, it's really special and it just
01:00really comes down to the history makers, the athletes, they have honestly been incredible
01:04and we've had a handful of fourth places, I think we've had 24 top tens as well, so I
01:10think it really shows that we are a nation with a lot of potential and we're most definitely
01:13on the right.
01:22I'm super, super stoked, I mean, I've been dreaming about medaling at the Olympics since
01:28forever, I mean, I think since my sister did it in 2018 and I was watching her as she did
01:32that and I was just so inspirational, so it's really, a really, really special moment and
01:36I've been working really, really hard these past four years, so it just, it feels so good
01:41and I'm very happy.
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