On 3 February 1964 at the IX Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, the Goitschel sisters achieved something remarkable. After a Christine-Marielle one-two finish in the slalom, the two French skiers, born in 1944 and 1945 respectively, repeated the feat in the giant slalom, but in reverse order, with Marielle finishing ahead of Christine. Other brothers and sisters have secured one-two finishes at the Winter Games, but never twice in a row. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of a remarkable piece of history.

Sarah Hoefflin from Switzerland won the women’s ski slopestyle at PyeongChang 2018, while former Winter Youth Olympic Games competitor Mathilde Gremaud, also from Switzerland took silver at Phoenix Snow Park. Isabel Atkin from Great Britain claimed bronze.

There are three giant slaloms on the programme at Rosa Khutor, one in men’s Alpine skiing and the other two in snowboard, with the men and women each going for gold in their respective giant parallel slalom event. The day’s biathlon race is the exciting new mixed relay (2x6km + 2x7.5km), with more medals waiting to be won in cross-country skiing in the men’s and women’s team sprint classic. Runs three and four of the women’s two-man bob then take place at the Sanki Sliding Centre, while the Ice Cube Curling Centre hosts the men’s curling semi-finals and the Adler Arena provides the setting for the women’s 5,000m speed skating final.

Sibling rivalry is as old as humankind. Brothers and sisters often try to outdo each other, pushing each other to greater heights in the process. It happens everywhere, so why shouldn't it happen at the Olympics?