Bankes and Nightingale strike gold in Mixed Team SBX
Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale have carved their names into the history books, claiming Great Britain’s first ever Olympic Gold medal on snow – and the nation’s first Snowboard Cross podium at an Olympic Games.
The dynamic duo dominated the competition from the ouset, topping both their quarterfinal and semifinal heats, underlying their credentials as genuine medal contenders heading into the Big Final.
Nightingale led the charge in the final, dropping first and delivering a composed run to cross in line in second place, just 0.14 seconds behind France’s Loan Bozzolo, laying a solid platform for Bankes to build on.
Dropping just behind France’s Lea Casta, Bankes immediately got to work, pumping every roller to build speed and close the gap. Carrying crucial momentum into the lower section of the course, she made her decisive move on the final corner, powering into the lead and holding her nerve over the final just to seal victory.
The triumph marked a remarkable comeback for the British pair after disappointment in the individual events earlier in the Games, as well as improving on their sixth-place finish at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
Slopestyle Qualifications Brought Forward as Three Brits Miss Out on Finals
Adverse weather forced the Snowboard Slopestyle qualifications to run a day ahead of schedule, with Txema Mazet Brown, Mia Brookes and Maisie Hill take to the course earlier than planned.
Mazet-Brown was first up for Great Britain in the men’s field, showcasing his creativity through the rails with a stylish backboard under flip 450, before lining up a cab 1260 on the first of three jumps.
However, speed proved costly on both runs – coming up short on his backside 1260 attempt brought his qualification hopes to an end, as he finished 27th overall.
While he was unable to put down a full run, the 19-year-old marked a promising Olympic Slopestyle debut and underlined his potential on the sport’s biggest stage.
Brookes and Hill followed in the women’s competition, each making their Olympic Slopestyle debuts, but both falling on their opening runs, leaving everything to play for on run two.
Brookes delivered one of the most technically demanding rail sections in the field, before executing a frontside 720 and backside 1260 on the jumps. A slip of her cab 900 attempt on the finals feature proved decisive, as she posted a score of 56.52 to finish 17th, narrowly outside the qualification places.
Hill responded strongly on her second run, floating smoothly through the rails before stomping a frontside 720, into back-to-back 540 on the jumps. Her composed performance earned 48.66 and 21st making her the only British rider to land a clean run across the Snowboard Slopestyle qualifications.
With practice time reduced due to the weather-affected schedule, the British trio showed resilience on their Slopestyle debuts, with plenty more promise to come in future competitions.
MCCORMICK ROUNDS OUT OLYMPIC JOURNEY IN STYLE
Chris McCormick closed out his first Olympic campaign, putting on a strong showing in the men’s Freeski Big Air qualifiers, landing back-to-back switch double 1800’s to post a combined score of 127.75.
Despite nursing an injured ankle, the 27-year-old battled through to deliver two solid runs, finishing 21st overall on his Olympic Big Air debut.
For McCormick, it was more than just the result; it was about stepping up and leaving everything on the jump when it mattered most.
The Scotsman’s Olympic journey now draws to a close, but he will be cheering on teammate Kirsty Muir as she takes to the Big Air jump for the women’s Freeski Big Air finals tomorrow night.
MUIR SEALS PERSONAL BEST OLYMPIC RESULT IN FREESKI SLOPESTYLE
Kirsty Muir delivered the strongest Olympic performance of her career with a fourth place finish in the women’s Freeski Slopestyle final, missing out on a maiden Olympic podium by just 0.41 points.
Errors on her first two runs put the pressure on for her final lap, but the 21-year-old show composure and produced a standout series of rails before stepping it up on the jumps with a switch misty 9, right double 10 and finishing with her trademark left double 14.
The performance earned her a score of 76.05, leaving her a narrowly behind Canada’s Megan Oldham in a tightly contested battle for the bronze medal.
Muir will be back on the slopes on Saturday 14 February as she turns her attention to Big Air.
BROOKES BAGS FOURTH PLACE IN OLYMPIC DEBUT
Mia Brookes marked a sensational Olympic debut, finishing fourth in the women’s Snowboard Big Air finals and recording the best Olympic result for a female Team GB athlete in the event.
The 19-year-old put on a spectacular show, throwing her first ever backside 1620; the first flat 1620 by any female snowboarder. A small scrub on the landing ultimately cost her a podium place, but it was a landmark moment in women’s snowboarding.
Brookes was still able to put down a Cab 1440 and a backside 1260 on her previous two runs, earning a combined score of 159.50 and placing her firmly among the world’s elite in her first Olympic appearance.
Speaking afterwards, Brookes said:
“I gave it everything I could, that was a new trick that I have never even tried on snow, so I can definitely go home saying I gave it everything. I pushed myself way more than I would have done in any other comp tonight, so I am just stoked that I pushed myself through that and I am stoked I tried that trick to be honest. It’s gnarly trick and it’s high risk.”
“It was definitely quite nerve-wracking, you have got to give it everything you have got, because you only get once every four years to try it, so it is definitely a lot of pressure, but other than that, it is really chill.”
Brookes will now shift her focus to her preferred discipline, the women’s Snowboard Slopestyle which is coming up on Monday 16 February.
MUSGRAVE OPENS HIS FIFTH OLYMPIC GAMES
Andrew Musgrave launched his fifth Olympic Games with an impressive top-10 finish in the men’s 10+10km Skiathlon.
The 35-year-old delivered a composed and powerful performance, clocking in a time of 47:00.5 in a fiercely contested field.
Musgrave’s 10th place finish marks his second-best Olympic result across his five Games, bettered only by his seventh place in the 30km Skiathlon at PyeongChang 2018, which is the best ever finish for a Team GB athlete in cross country skiing at an Olympic Winter Games.
Musgrave will be back in action on Tuesday 10 February, when he competes in the Sprint Classic as he continues his Olympic campaign.
DAVIES FINISHES TOP 20 IN OLYMPIC DEBUT
Joe Davies produced a standout performance on his Olympic debut, finishing 16th in the men’s 10+10km Skiathlon.
Davies crossed the line in a time of 47:35.9, just 35.4 seconds behind teammate Musgrave as he delivered a confident performance on the sport’s biggest stage.
He will also lineup for the Sprint Classic on Tuesday 10 February as he continues his Olympic journey.
BROOKES MAKES HISTORY AS SHE SOARS TO BIG AIR FINALS
Mia Brookes made history on her Olympic debut by becoming the first Team GB athlete to qualify for the women’s Snowboard Big Air finals at an Olympic Games.
The 19-year-old faced early pressure after failing to land her opening run, but she was able to deliver when it mattered most, putting down a Backside 1260 and Cab 1080 to post a combined score of 167.00, securing third place and a spot in tomorrow night’s finals.
The women’s Snowboard Big Air finals will take place on Monday 9 February at 18:30 GMT.
HILL SETS OLYMPIC STATUS IN STONE
Maisie Hill made her Olympic debut, alongside Brookes, in the women’s Snowboard Big Air, finishing 29th overall.
Hill attempted a frontside 1080, but a fall in her first two runs saw her miss out on a place in the finals.
While it was not the performance she had hoped for, Hill’s journey to the Olympic stage has been nothing short of remarkable, after suffering a catastrophic injury in 2023, resulting in a catalogue of life-threatening injuries.
The comeback continues next week as she drops in for Snowboard Slopestyle on Monday 16 February.
The first British Snowsport action of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games came from debutant Txema Mazet-Brown in the Men’s Snowboard Big Air qualifiers
GB Snowsport action got underway on day-1 of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, as Txema Mazet-Brown made his Olympic debut in men’s Snowboard Big Air.
The 19-year-old delivered two solid runs in qualification, landing a switch back 16 on his first jump, followed by a huge Cab nose butter pull back 12 on his second, earning a combined score of 151.75.
Mazet-Brown went for the switch back 19 on his third and final run but was unable to land the trick, finishing the event in 21st place overall in a highly competitive field.
Speaking afterwards, Mazet-Brown said:
“I’m feeling happy. I’m happy with my riding today, it’s my first Olympics so it was nice to land two of my jumps. It would have been nice to clean one up but I’m happy to put two down. There were definitely a couple of butterflies in my stomach, but they were good ones.
I’m definitely feeling super proud. It was super cool to see my family in the crowd. I saw them briefly at the end and my little brother was actually crying so I’m pretty happy for sure. I have a lot of close family and then cousins and aunties, about 12 people are here.”
The Games is not over for the young Brit as he is set to return to action in the men’s Slopestyle qualifications on Monday 16th February.
Five medals, three of them gold, see Zoe Atkin, Mia Brookes, and Kirsty Muir make history
Gold Rush in Aspen
British athletes stormed to an historic five-medal showing at X Games 2026, with Zoe Atkin, Mia Brookes, and Kirsty Muir all leaving an indelible mark on the most storied of freestyle sport competitions.
Gold medal winning performance Atkin in Freeski Halfpipe, Brookes in Snowboard Slopestyle, and Muir in Freeski Slopestyle were backed up by Big Air silver and bronze medals for Muir and Brookes respectively, giving British athletes their biggest ever X Games medal haul, and confirming Britain’s standing as one of the most progressive nations in Park & Pipe competition.
Brookes kicked things off in spectacular style with a dominant Slopestyle victory, before Atkin put her own polish on proceedings with gold in the Superpipe. Brookes’ day two Big Air medal, delivered with a signature cab-14, put Britain at three podiums from three performanecs, before Muir capped things off in spectacular form with a brace of day three medals, and a best ever set of British X Games results.
Ryding signs off in Kitzbuehel with 20th
On a slope steeped in British Slalom history, Dave Ryding marked his final Kitzbuehel performance with a battling 20th place finish. The site of three of Ryding’s seven World Cup podiums, Kitzbuehel was written into British history when the country’s greatest ever Alpine ski racer took the nation’s first ever Slalom World Cup victory there in 2022, before following it up with a second place finish just a year later. While a fourth Kitzbuehel podium never appeared in the offing, Ryding was nevertheless the pick of the Brits, finishing just over a second outside of the top-10.
Billy Major secured a fifth top-30 berth of the season finishing in 24th, while Laurie Taylor was a first run DNQ and Luca Carrick-Smith a first run DNF, while in the Speed events Roy Steudle recorded a Super-G DNF and 53rd in Downhill.
Para squad deliver solid performances in Lenk and Jakuszyce
The Para Nordic and Para Snowboard squads recorded solid performances in the Jakuszyce Para Biathlon World Cup and Lenk Para Snowboard Cross World Cup and Europa Cup races, as teams gear up towards the Paralympic Winter Games in early March.
In Para Nordic, Scott Meenagh‘s best result came in the 7.5km Sprint where he finished fifth, before coming eighth and seventh in the Sprint Pursuit and 12.5km Individual events.
In Para Snowboard, James Barnes-Miller came closest to a medal finishing sixth and fourth in back-to-back showings, while Ollie Hill took seventh and ninth berths. In the Europa Cup field, Davy Zyw took his third EC podium of the season, and first in SBX, with a third place finish.
Taylor victorious in Melchsee-Frutt
Jaz Taylor added another Telemark World Cup victory to her illustrious record, winning the first of back-to-back Parallel Sprint World Cups in Melchsee-Frutt. The result gives Taylor her third podium and second victory of the 2025/26 World Cup season, and the third of her career in Melchsee-Frutt.
19-year-old seals Slopestyle title for second time
Mia Brookes took her second career X Games title and fourth podium with a stunning performance in the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle competition in Aspen, Colorado.
Brookes, who was named in the Team GB squad for the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games earlier in the day, stormed to victory with a mammoth score of 96.33 to secure victory in a stacked international field.
Her performance continues a proud X Games record which began with gold in the 2024 Slopestyle contest, before taking bronze in the 2025 edition. The result also gives 19-year-old Brookes a second major podium of the season following victory in her only prior competition appearance of the season in the Beijing Big Air World Cup.
Brookes is set to compete in the X Games Big Air competition before attentions turn to the Olympic Winter Games, where she is slated to compete in both the Slopestyle and Big Air events.
Speaking afterwards, Brookes said: “It feels pretty great to win. I’m super hyped, wasn’t expecting it. I just came in wanting to have a good time and we got there in the end!”
Ben Kinnear, Head Freestlyle Snowboard coach, said: “Very happy to see Mia perform at that level and to have that smile on her face. She’s been enjoying the course, and she’s in a really good state of mind and enjoying her snowboarding, which is great to see especially with a big few weeks coming up.”
A jam-packed week saw success across multiple disciplines for GB Snowsport athletes
Neil Simpson goes four-from-four in Para Alpine
Neil Simpson delivered a series of standout performances at the Saalbach Para Alpine World Cup, taking four podiums from four races across Downhill and Super-G disciplines. A pair of DH bronze medals, guided by Andrew Simpson and by Rob Poth, and Super-G silver and bronze with Poth and Simpson respectively guiding made it a blue ribbon week for a discipline steeped in British Paralympic heritage.
Bankes’ brilliance to the fore in Snowboard Cross
Charlotte Bankes showed her world class standing in back-to-back World Cups in Dongbeiya, China, taking gold and bronze on consecutive days. A dominant performance in the weekend’s first race saw Bankes top the standings in qualifiers, quarters, semis, and finals, while the second day’s competition saw her grab bronze in a tightly-contested final races.
On the men’s side, Huw Nightingale continued to show his ability to mix it with the best in the world coming 17th in the weekend’s first contest after qualifying in 14th, while in the second of the weekend’s races, Max Vardy progressed to the knockout stages for the first time before finishing in 20th place.
Barnes-Miller bags silver in Kuehtai Para Snowboard World Cup
James Barnes-Miller grabbed a sensational silver medal in the Kuehtai Para Snowboard Banked Slalom World Cup alongside a seventh place finish in a typically competitive Men’s UL field. Barnes-Miller’s podium, his first of the World Cup season, came amid a week of strong Para Snowboard performances across the board, with Ollie Hill also taking a top-five finish, Nina Sparks twice finishing inside the top-ten, and Davy Zyw taking a brace of Europa Cup podiums with a silver and a bronze.
Taylor takes Telemark silver
Jaz Taylor‘s podium successes continued with a silver medal winning performance in the first of back-to-back Carezza World Cup races, and giving her a second podium of the season following her Sprint World Cup win in Pinzolo in December.
And the rest…
The Men’s Slalom team faced down battling conditions in the Lauberhorn slope in Wengen, with Luca Carrick-Smith the pick of the bunch, finishing 34th after the first run in a personal best World Cup showing. Billy Major and Laurie Taylor came in 41st and 42nd on the first run respectively, while Dave Ryding was a first run DNF with a straddle.
The Women’s night Slalom in Flachau saw Vici Palla record a first run DNF.
In Cross-Country, James Clugnet delivered the weekend’s best showing, finishing 32nd in Sprint Free qualifying to narrowly miss out on Finals, while in Moguls Makayla Gerken Schofield finished 26th in the individual women’s event in a race week impacted by poor weather conditions.
She Who Dares and Keep Calm and Slalom to focus on some of country’s biggest name athletes ahead of Milan-Cortina Games
GB Snowsport athletes are set to feature in two major new TNT Sports documentaries in the build-up to the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
Coming shortly before the first Winter Olympics on a European timezone since Sochi 2014, both documentaries have seen film crews and producers granted unprecedented access to some of Britain’s most exciting ski and snowboard athletes, and will provide a new and unique viewpoint on the journey towards Milan-Cortina.
She Who Dares
In She Who Dares, the experiences of female Freestyle stars Zoe Atkin, Charlotte Bankes, Mia Brookes, Makayla Gerken Schofield, and Kirsty Muir as well as GB Snowsport chief Executive, Vicky Gosling, will be brought to the fore, giving viewers a chance to gain unique insight into the preparation and reflections of the some of the biggest names in women’s snowsport through their build-up towards the Olympic Winter Games.
Filmed over almost a year, the documentary will give new and experienced fans the most in-depth view yet of the characters behind some of Britain’s most remarkable sporting successes of recent years.
Keep Calm and Slalom
Billed as an underdog story in the greatest tradition of British sporting successes, Keep Calm and Slalom follows the Men’s Alpine World Cup team of Billy Major, Dave Ryding, and Laurie Taylor as the three push for selection for the Milan-Cortina Games. Up against teams with budgets far in excess of their own, the documentary team goes behind-the-scenes with the team as they travel for training and World Cup competitions in a bid to secure the spots needed to represent Team GB in Milan-Cortina.
Both documentaries will premiere on TNT Sports later this month, ahead of the opening of the Milan-Cortina Games in 6 February.
Find out more here.
Park & Pipe athletes bank first podiums of the new year
Muir secures Slopestyle gold
Kirsty Muir dominated the women’s field in Aspen in her first Slopestyle World Cup of the season, taking the second World Cup Slopestyle victory of her career in the process. Having topped the leaderboard in qualifications, Muir backed it up in the finals with another composed and challenging run to seal gold ahead of the Canadian pair of Megan Oldham and Elena Gaskell.
Chris McCormick and James Pouch also competed in their first Slopestyle World Cup of the season, both finishing inside the top 50 in a highly challenging field.
In the snowboard competition, Txema Mazet-Brown finished 46th and will be looking to improve on that result when he takes to the slopes in the Swiss resort of Laax this week.
Elsewhere, Mia Langridge continued her impressive season by taking her first Europa Cup win at the ‘Rock A Rail’ Europa Cup in Budapest. The win adds to three silver medals already collected this season, and underlines her growing reputation on the rail-jam scene.
Atkin takes silver while Kenworthy delivers in Finals
Zoe Atkin stood on the Freeski Halfpipe podium for the third time this season, securing silver at the Aspen World Cup in a Finals of exceptional quality. Atkin led the field in qualification and produced another strong showing in finals, showcasing her signature left-5 mute, and finishing the run with a switch cork-5 safety, to step onto the podium once again, with China’s Fanghui Li just pipping her to the gold medal by 0.25 points.
Gus Kenworthy also impressed, making his third final of the season after qualifying sixth in heat one. He opened finals with a huge right double-12 mute, into a left double-14, finishing the event in eighth place
Earlier in the men’s competition, Sam Gaskin finished 40th, while on the snowboard side, Siddhartha Ullah landed 28th and Aaron Wild 34th.
Double header for Alpine athletes in Madonna and Adelboden
A packed week for the men’s Alpine Slalom squad, started in Mandonna di Campiglio, Italy, before moving onto Adelboden, Switzerland.
In Madonna, Laurie Taylor qualified in 11th ahead of the second run, before a second run DNF. Billy Major and Dave Ryding sat just outside of the top 30 in 33rd and 34th, while Luca Carrick-Smith recorded a DNF on run one.
An improvement in Adelboden, saw Major, Ryding, and Taylor all make the top 30. Ryding led the charge with a hard-fought 13th place, while Major and Taylor put on a strong show to claim 19th and 22nd respectively.
Luca Carrick-Smith and Freddy Carrick-Smith both recorded DNF’s on their first run in the Slalom and Giant Slalom, but the pair gained valuable experience competing on the World Cup circuit.
Battle at the Para Biathlon in Notschrei
Scott Meenagh produced a strong showing at the IBU Para-Biathlon World Cup in Notschrei. Despite a rifle malfunction in the 12.5km Individual, Scott battled back to secure sixth place in the Sprint Pursuit. He rounded off the week with another consistent performance in the 7.5km Sprint, finishing seventh to cap a positive competition for the British athlete.
Weather interferes with Moguls
Challenging weather conditions forced a delayed start to the final women’s Moguls World Cup. That didn’t stop Makayla Gerken-Schofield from showing up and pushing through in a highly competitive field to finish 32nd.