WINTER WONDERFUL FOR GB'S STARS

Bankes and Nightingale's party even sweeter after historic snowboard gold

- FROM JAMES TONEY in Livigno

CHARLOTTE BANKES and Huw Nightingale won Britain's first Winter Olympic gold on snow - and set off to paint the town red, white and blue.

It has taken 102 years, but the double act secured their place in history with victory in the mixed snowboard cross final, sparking apres-ski celebrations that rumbled past-the-post contest. And long into the night in the Bankes and Nightingale Italian Alps. combined brilliantly to Nightingale’s friends and become Great Britain's finest family were already passing double act at these Games around beers before the final, since Torvill and Dean, setting watching the victory cereaside their disappointing mony before heading into individual performances. The Livigno to celebrate at Miky’s Disco Club, where Sweet Caroline seemed stuck on repeat as the sun went down. Nightingale said: ‘Twill be having a proper gold medal debrief over a few pints later, put it that way.