{"id":35059,"date":"2026-02-20T20:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35059"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:28:38","slug":"gold-in-the-window-as-oxfam-in-abingdon-cheers-on-team-gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35059","title":{"rendered":"Gold in the Oxfam Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026022001.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIn the window of Oxfam &#8211; Bury Street, Abingdon, two mannequins framed by Union Jacks have been there throughout the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. A light box says: GOOD LUCK TEAM GB. One mannequin has a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, Britain has not won many Winter Olympic gold medals, which makes each one memorable.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s team \u2013 curling (1924)<br \/>\nMen\u2019s team \u2013 ice hockey (1936)<br \/>\nJeannette Altwegg \u2013 figure skating (1952)<br \/>\nRobin Dixon and Tony Nash \u2013 bobsleigh (1964)<br \/>\nJohn Curry \u2013 figure skating (1976)<br \/>\nRobin Cousins \u2013 figure skating (1980)<br \/>\nJayne Torvill and Christopher Dean \u2013 figure skating (1984)<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s team \u2013 curling (2002)<br \/>\nAmy Williams \u2013 skeleton (2010)<br \/>\nLizzy Yarnold \u2013 skeleton (2014 and 2018)<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s team \u2013 curling (2022)<\/p>\n<p>For many of my generation, the run of figure skating golds between 1976 and 1984 were a highlight.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026022002.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThis year Team GB are surpassing all previous Winter Olympic performances, with three gold medals already:<br \/>\nMatt Weston \u2013 skeleton (2026)<br \/>\nCharlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale \u2013 mixed snowboard cross (2026)<br \/>\nMatt Weston and Tabby Stoecker \u2013 mixed skeleton (2026)<\/p>\n<p>There is even the chance of another gold, with the men\u2019s curling team through to the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the window of Oxfam &#8211; Bury Street, Abingdon, two mannequins framed by Union Jacks have been there throughout the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. A light box says: GOOD LUCK TEAM GB. One mannequin has a gold medal. Historically, Britain has not won many Winter Olympic gold medals, which makes each one memorable. Men\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}