Largest ever British Tour de Ski squad makes history in Toblach and Val di Fiemme
British Cross-Country skiers made history over the New Year period with a series of outstanding performances delivering the strongest set of results ever recorded by a British team at this year’s Tour de Ski, including two British athletes in the top-20 of the event’s final standings.
The Tour began with the largest British contingent ever to start the Stage World Cup event, with James Clugnet, Joe Davies, Gabriel Gledhill, Andrew Musgrave, Anna Pryce, Tabitha Williams, and Andrew Young making up a seven-strong British team as the event got underway in Toblach.
The 5km F stage on New Year’s Eve delivered the best individual result of the Tour, with Clugnet’s fifth place finish marking the 29-year-old’s best ever individual World Cup result with a performance which saw him finish just 0.7s behind the stage winner, and only 0.1s off the podium, while five days later Davies also delivered his career best World Cup result with an astonishing sixth place finish in the 10km F Mass Start, in a stage which saw Musgrave finish eighth, marking a first ever occasion of two British athletes featuring in the top-10 of a Cross-Country World Cup race.
Musgrave and Davies’ combined results were sufficient to secure both a top-20 berth in the overall standings, finishing 15th and 16th respectively, leaving Britain one of only five nations – alongside Norway, Sweden, Italy, and France – to have multiple athletes finish inside the top-20.
Speaking after the Tour, Joe Davies said:
“To have the results we’ve had this Tour de Ski means so much to all of us. It’s not only a testament to the work we’ve put in, but also to the belief that British skiing belongs at the top. We’ll continue to build on these results and use them as fuel to even bigger things.”
Cross-Country Team Manager, Jostein Vinjerui said:
“This was a great way to end the Tour de Ski with two athletes in the top eight today, and Joe’s first top six finish in a World Cup field. I’m proud on the team’s behalf of having three different athletes feature in the top six of a World Cup event so far this season.
“We’re looking forward now to the Olympics, where our goal is to ensure we’re operating at at least the same level we’ve shown here.”
GB Snowsport Head Coach, Pat Sharples, added:
“This has been one of the strongest Tour de Ski events we’ve ever had from the British team, and getting this close to the Olympic Games it shows they’re coming into form at the right time.
“Andrew Musgrave has continued to show he’s one of the best athletes on the world stage, as he has been consistently for many years now, but seeing performances from James Clugnet with his fifth place in the 5km Free stage, along with today’s sixth place from Joe, is really exciting.
“The whole team are fully dedicated to their craft, and it’s brilliant to see the years of hard work paying off.”
Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale hit gold, Atkin clinches Silver in China, and XC team impress in Davos
Bankes and Nightingale top Team standings in Cervinia
Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale took Snowboard Cross World Cup victory on the season’s first week of SBX action with a sensational display of racing speed and tactics.
The 2023 Team SBX World Champions raced brilliantly throughout Sunday’s event, qualifying in second spot from the Quarter Final stage before victory in the Semi Final saw them through to a Big Final showdown against teams representing Italy, France, and Germany.
Sitting in third position after the men’s run, Bankes then dominated the women’s run to seal victory ahead of Italy in second and France in third.
In the individual competitions, Bankes marked her first appearance since sustaining a broken collarbone to take ninth spot, while in the Men’s contest, Nightingale finished 34th and Max Vardy took 37th on his World Cup debut.
Atkin wins Silver in Secret Garden
Zoe Atkin marked her first appearance of the season with silver in the Secret Garden Halfpipe World Cup. The reigning Halfpipe World Champion skied brilliantly in challenging conditions to lead the standings after the first run, before she was overhauled by China’s Eileen Gu by a margin of 1.50 points.
Earlier, the men’s competition saw Gus Kenworthy and Sam Gaskin finish 34th and 35th respectively, while Siddhartha Ullah came 30th in the Men’s Snowboard competition.
Clugnet and Musgrave headline strong showing for Cross-Country team in Davos
James Clugnet and Andrew Musgrave put in superb showings amid a strong team performance in Davos on the latest leg of the Cross-Country World Cup. Clugnet’s tenth place finish in the Men’s SP F was followed by sixth place for Musgrave in 10km F to give both athletes their best finish of the season so far. Earlier, the Team Sprint had seen both Clugnet and Andrew Young and Anna Pryce and Tabitha Williams finish in 17th, just outside of Finals, while Pryce was also on impressive form to take 35th in the Sprint Free, and Young 41st in the 10km F. Joe Davies, meanwhile, made his first appearance of the season taking an excellent 17th place in the 10km F.
Meenagh secures brace of Biathlon top-10s in Canmore
Scott Meenagh‘s first Para Biathlon World Cup showing of the season yielded a brace of top-10 finishes alongside an 11th place in the 12.5km Individual. The highlight came with a 5th place in the Sprint discipline which saw Meenagh in striking distance of a podium before a crash and damaged ski held back further progress, before following up with an 8th place in the Sprint Pursuit.
Two in top-30 in Men’s Val d’Isere Slalom
A challenging course delivered two top-30 finishes for the Men’s Alpine Slalom team, with Laurie Taylor finishing 12th and Billy Major 24th. With three Brits in the top-15 after the first run omens looked good for a strong showing, but course challenges saw a DNF for Dave Ryding while Taylor and Major both battled through to cement their top-30 standings.
Luca Carrick-Smith and Freddy Carrick-Smith both recorded first run DNFs in the Slalom and Giant Slalom respectively.
And the rest…
Ollie Davies was pick of the Brits in the Ski Cross Val Thorens World Cup finishing 21st in the second of the back-to-back World Cups, taking 46th in the first race. Scott Johns finished 53rd and 57th.
Fred Warburton and guide James Hannan were Britain’s only representatives in the Steinach Para Alpine World Cup, finishing 7th in Alpine Combined, 8th in the SG Speed Event, and 8th and 7th in back-to-back SG World Cups.
Britain’s Park & Pipe team shone on two of China’s biggest stages, while there was Cross-Country, Moguls, Para Nordic, and Alpine action in Europe and North America
Brits Shine on the Beijing Big Air Stage
Mia Brookes banked her fourth career World Cup victory with a masterclass performance in the Beijing Big Air World Cup to see off a strong field in the Chinese capital. Making her first competitive appearance of the season, Brookes breezed through qualifiers in top spot with a score of 173.73, before bringing out a backside-12 melon and a cab-14 stale in Finals to below away the competition, delivering a 30-point victory margin. In the Men’s competition, Txema Mazet-Brown qualified from heat one with a well-executed cab-12, before delivering a personal best World Cup result of seventh place in a strong showing against some of the world’s best Big Air riders.
In Freeski, Kirsty Muir showcased her grit and resilience, bouncing back from a heavy crash in the second run of Finals to take fourth place and a share of the yellow bib having earlier qualified in second position.
Tom Greenway earned his best World Cup result in the Men’s Freeski contest with an overall 17th place finish, stomping a double-12 tail and switch left double-18 stale to secure an excellent score of 153.00 in qualifiers.
Elsewhere in Women’s Snowboard, Katie Ormerod finished 30th after a run one knuckle led to a decision to pull out after the first run of competitions, while Maisie Hill was a DNS following a practice run crash and Chris McCormick was also a DNS in Men’s Freeski after a crash in practice.
Kenworthy returns to podium on first competition in four years
In Snow League Halfpipe, Gus Kenworthy made an astonishing return to competition after four years’ absence, delivering a third place finish and his first major podium since 2020 with a classic demonstration of Halfpipe skiing.
The 34-year-old, who announced his return to action earlier this year, rolled back the years to progress to the Semi Final stage of the new knockout format competition, before winning the third-place playoff after his opponent was forced to withdraw with injury.
Zoe Atkin, despite her best efforts, was unable to compete due to illness.
A weekend of breakthroughs and momentum for the Cross Country squad
The Cross Country squad delivered a solid set of results across Sprint Classic, 20km Skiathlon and 10km Interval Start Free in Trondheim. For the first time since 2019, Britain fielded a team across the men’s and women’s competition with World Cup debuts from Tabitha Williams and Anna Pryce.
In the 20km Skiathlon, Andrew Musgrave was in solid form as he came in 13th, with Gabriel Gledhill following behind crossing the line in 65th.
In the women’s Skiathlon, World Cup debutants Tabitha Willams and Anna Pryce put down a strong showing to return home with 51st and 55th place finishes.
The Sprint Classic saw Pryce and James Clugnet take 63rd and 65th place respectively.
Over in the 10km Interval Start Free, Williams and Pryce secured 57th and 68th positions while in the men’s race, Musgrave ended up in 53rd, Gledhill 68th and Clugnet 76th.
Meenagh gets season underway in Canmore
In the Para-Nordic 10km Mass Start Classic sitting classification, Scott Meenagh opened his World Cup campaign with a hard-earned 13th place in the Canadian resort of Canmore, with Britain’s most successful ever Para Nordic skier now set to take on three Para Biathlon World Cup competitions this week in the Sprint, Sprint Pursuit, and 12.5km Individual events.
Moguls athletes Kick-Off the season in Ruka
Makayla Gerken-Schofield got her World Cup season underway with battling 26th and 33rd place finishes on an incredibly gnarly course. whilst Mateo Jeannesson was a DNS as he and the team build a strategy to see him peak in the coming months of the season.
Hard-Fought Alpine Results on the Birds of Prey
Downhill action in Beaver Creek saw Roy-Alexander Steudle to 63rd place as he battled through a demanding set on a challenging track; while unsafe weather conditions saw the Super G race to be cancelled for Steudle as his start bib fell outside of the top 30.
Kirsty Muir makes history while British athletes open their World Cup seasons across Alpine, Cross-Country, and Para Snowboard
British success on the Park & Pipe scene
A historic moment for Kirsty Muir who secured Britain’s first ever Freeski Big Air World Cup victory in her first competition of the season. Muir put down a flawless left double-14 safety and a textbook right double-10 mute to post an insurmountable score of 174.50 to top the leaderboard in Secret Garden. Muir’s victory came having topped the standings after qualifiers and provides a crucial lift for the 21-year-old as she returns to Bejing, where she claimed second place in the 2023 Big Air World Cup contest.
Following the weather-affected cancellation in Stubai the previous week, Tom Greenway and Chris McCormick were back with a vengeance, each delivering some of their most technically demanding runs. Greenway stomped a switch left-18 stale for a score of 76.60 which put him into 23rd place and McCormick followed closely behind with a switch right dub-18 tail, bagging him 26th place with a score of 74.50.
On the snowboard side, Maisie Hill impressed with a huge frontside 1080, while Katie Ormerod put down a clean Cab-9 and backside-7. Txema Mazet-Brown, meanwhile, came narrowly short of landing his Cab triple-16 indy in qualifiers.
More podiums followed at the ‘Rock A Rail’ Europa Cup in Latvia as Ella Hall secured her first win in the women’s ski category, building on her third place in Innsbruck last week. Mia Langridge produced another standout performance and backed-up last week’s podium with another silver medal in the women’s snowboard category, with British athletes proving major contenders on the rail-jam circuit.
Double Para-Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf
The Para Snowboard World Cup season kicked off with back-to-back Banked Slalom races in Langraaf. Ollie Hill delivered two excellent runs in the LL2 category, securing a pair of 5th place finishes with a best time of 38.22.
Matt Hamilton also produced consistent results in the UL category with two 14th place results, while Nina Sparks placed 11th on the first day of competition, before a DNF on day two.
Musgrave and Clugnet return to WC action in Ruka
Andrew Musgrave and James Clugnet both made a double appearance at the Cross-Country World Cup in Ruka for their first World Cup of the season. Musgrave opened with a 26th place in the Interval Start Classic before pushing into the top 20 in the 20km Mass Start Free. Clugnet delivered 42nd in the Mass Start Free and 49th in the Sprint Final Classic respectively.
Steudle continues return from injury in Copper Mountain
Roy Steudle also made his first World Cup appearance of the season over in Copper Mountain finishing 66th as he builds momentum ahead of his next start in Beaver Creek tomorrow.
Header image: Li Runsheng
The 2025/26 winter season continued to build momentum this week as British athletes delivered impressive performances across Alpine, Park and Pipe and Cross Country with much more to come as the winter unfolds.
breaking records on the world cup start list
Following last weekend’s historic showing in Levi for the Alpine Slalom World Cup, the British men’s team returned for their second race of the World Cup circuit in Gurgl for another highly competitive slalom event.
Billy Major delivered the standout British result of the day, skiing with pace and confidence to secure 17th place. His slick second run showcased the form he has carried into the early season and marks another strong World Cup finish to build on as the season progresses.
Dave Ryding, competing in his final race in Gurgl took to the start gate in a resort that has supported him for 8 years, delivered a 25th place finish that keeps him firmly within the World Cup points as the season unfolds.
Laurie Taylor fresh off a career-best 4th place in Levi, battled through tight margins and difficult conditions to finish 33rd.
Gurgl was, again, a history defining race for our athletes as, for the first time ever, Britain left with three athletes ranked in the top 30 of the World Cup start list.
It was also an Alpine race weekend for the Carrick-Smith brothers on the Europa Cup circuit, as Zak, Freddy and Luca took on the men’s slalom in Storklinten, Sweden. Despite strong intent from the trio, it was a challenging day on a demanding set, with Zak and Freddy enduring difficult first runs to leave them outside the qualification spots, while Luca recorded a DNF as he skied out mid-course.
Weather plays havoc with Stubai schedule
Poor weather and challenging conditions saw disruption and cancellations at the Stubai Freeski Slopestyle World Cup, with the men’s competition nixed in the face of dangerous winds throughout the weekend, and the women’s competition reduced to qualification round only. Caoimhe Heavey and Ash Clayton each looked at home in a highly competitive international field, with Heavey finishing 22nd and Clayton 30th, both continuing their progress on the World Cup stage.
On the Rail Jam scene, it was a standout weekend for snowboarder Mia Langridge, who claimed second place at Snowfest in Innsbruck, showcasing her technical and creative rail skills. The win further cements Mia’s status as an exciting young British freestyle talent, while in the ski competition, Ella Hall’s third place finish marked another impressive moment in the young Brit’s international career.
Cross-Country team tunes up ahead of World Cup season
Over in Norway, rising cross-country athlete Tabitha Williams produced an excellent early-season performance, finishing 25th in a strong field in Beitosølen for the women’s 10km Interval Start Free. Against multiple World Cup and Olympic-level athletes, Tabby’s result highlights her continued upward trajectory and marks another positive step in her international development. In the men’s 1.3km Sprint Classic, James Clugnet finished in 33rd spot, while the weekend’s best result fell to veteran figurehead Andrew Musgrave, who came in in 17th place.
GB to be represented by largest Nordic squad in recent years
Britain will be represented by 21 athletes in Cross-Country competitions in the coming year following confirmation of squad selections for the 2025/26 season.
With the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games on the horizon, James Clugnet, Joe Davies, Gabriel Gledhill, Andrew Musgrave, and Andrew Young will form a five-athlete World Cup squad and will be training and competing again this season alongside international athletes with the support of Team Aker Daehlie in a private team set up. Musgrave will be especially looking to build on his World Cup success of last season where he won bronze in Toblach at the Tour de Ski and achieved an additional four top 10 positions at the highest level, including a sixth and seventh place finishes at the World Ski Championships in Trondheim in March.
Two returning members of the Continental Cup squad, Beinn Horsfall and Tabitha Williams, will be joined by Anna Pryce, with the 23-year-old transferring to the British line-up having previously trained and competed as part of the Canadian system.
Seven skiers will form an expanded Performance squad, with long-standing British team members being joined by first-time selected William Hughes. Ewan McAdam and Elke Hammerstein have been promoted from last season’s Junior squad, the latter also having stepped up to compete in the U23 relay race (alongside Williams and Gledhill) at the World Junior & U23 Ski Championships, despite being in the Junior age category, where the U23 mixed relay team achieved an impressive Top 10 result.
Returning members of the Junior Squad include Elspeth Cruickshank, Sophie Forth and Rasmus Ipsen who competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival in February. They will be joined by newly selected Haakon Tveit and new recruits Rufus Hinks and Charlie Williams whose selection is pending a successful nation transfer from the USA and Canada respectively.
Lewis Briscall and Jack Somerset, meanwhile, have been invited to train with the Performance and Junior squads respectively, as non-squad athletes.
The 21 athletes selected mark the biggest squad selection for British Cross-Country athletes in recent years, and comes on the back of a series of highly encouraging performances across the World Cup, World Championships, and World Junior & U23 Championships last season, as the team gears up for the final season of racing in the Milan-Cortina Olympic cycle.
Commenting on the team selection, GB Snowsport Performance Director Kearnan Myall said:
“This year’s Cross-Country squad is a really strong unit that we can rightly expect to see big things from coming into the new season. Last year saw some impressive results and performances across the board, and we know that this group of athletes and the team around them will be pushing themselves hard to go one better this year.
“Congratulations to every athlete selected across the four squads announced today; their selection is testament to the hard work, dedication, and talent that has got them to this point.”
World Cup squad member Joe Davies said:
“This is a huge season for me personally and for the whole squad, and we’re all ready to get started. Last year we saw some really good results and performances right across the British Cross-Country team, and we’re all looking to build on that as we head into this season.
“Obviously there’s a lot of excitement about Milan-Cortina in February, but everyone on the team knows that the hard work has already started. We’ve got a big pre-season to come this summer, and then it’s about being ready to hit the ground running once the racing gets underway.”
The squads will be spending the coming months in training camps across Europe and North America including the traditional European roller ski racing competitions, before the first Cross-Country races of the 2025/26 season get underway, including the World Cup opener in Ruka, Finland at the end of November.
Full Squad selections:
World Cup Squad
- James Clugnet
- Joe Davies
- Gabriel Gledhill
- Andrew Musgrave
- Andrew Young
Continental Cup Squad
- Beinn Horsfall
- Anna Pryce (new selection following change of nation)
- Tabitha Williams
Performance Squad
- Cameron Cruickshank
- Thomas Duncan
- Logan Duncan
- Elke Hammerstein
- William Hughes (new selection)
- Ewan McAdam
- Catherine Stow
Junior Squad
- Elspeth Cruickshank
- Sophie Forth
- Rufus Hinks (new selection following change of nation)
- Rasmus Ipsen
- Haakon Tveit (new selection)
- Charlie Williams (new selection following change of nation)
Non-Squad Training Invitations
- Lewis Briscall (invited to train with Junior squad)
- Jack Somerset (invited to train with Performance squad)
“It’s definitely been a bit unconventional, but I’m really glad for the path I’ve chosen”
“I’m a pretty type A person, and I’m pretty efficient with getting things done. It’s a lot of late nights, but I’m strict with myself and that makes it work.”
Tabitha Williams is speaking from her campus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks; it’s shortly before 7am UK time, which makes it almost 10pm in Alaska. If she’d wanted to find a way to demonstrate those type A characteristics, and the stamina which is fast becoming a hallmark of her athletic ability, there’s probably no better way she could have done it.
We’re speaking at the end of something of a breakthrough year for Williams – “probably my most successful season to date,” she calls it – and excitement is building around the 20-year-old Cross-Country skier. She dropped below the 100 FIS points barrier, took her first NCAA podium, ended up second in Canadian Nationals, and broke into the top 20 at U23 World Championships for the first time, a competition that had seasoned observers talking in encouraging tones about her prospects.
So, what made her one of the hottest properties in the next generation of British Cross-Country talent?
“I’ve still got a lot of development to do,” she demurs, “but I felt good right from the start of the ski season, and felt like I came into it incredibly fit which gave me a good platform.”
That qualifier around the ski season is important, because not only is Williams growing her reputation on the Cross-Country ski circuit; she’s also a highly-rated Cross-Country runner for her college.
“My season actually begins in September,” she explains, “and I set a PB in the 6km in the first two weeks of the season and ended up getting an All American, which helped my team qualify or finals for the first time in 11 years which was crazy.
“We did pretty well there, and then I came into the ski season feeling in good form. I did get sick over Christmas which was a bit of a setback, but I had a great camp with the team in Norway, managed a good taper into the U23 World Championships, and then PBd in the 10k, and then followed it up with the Team Relay which was even better.”
The Team Relay result – a tenth placed finish achieved with a young team in a field comprising some of the world’s best U23 Nordic talent – made people sit up and take notice. Something Williams is well aware of.
“It was amazing. We beat some really big teams, which was great for us, and then when I came back to college I just felt on really good form. I got my first NCAA podium, backed it up with a couple of top-10s in Alaska, and then finished up my season at the Canadian Nationals with second place. So yeah, this year felt pretty good.”
Pretty good might be an understatement, especially given it opens a route to what may see a first World Cup start next year, but even with that body of work behind her, Williams is clear about where her strengths lie – and what she sees as her next areas of development.
“I know I’ve got good fitness and I’ve been racing with one of my college teammates who’s been on the World Cup circuit this year, so I’ve got a good benchmark for the trajectory I’m on.
“We talk a lot, and one of the biggest things she’s pointed out is the technical strength the best World Cup skiers have. One of the biggest differences is that the World Cups you’re on TV, people are able to look at you and make their own judgements, and honestly I don’t want to go on TV and make a fool of myself!”
There seems little prospect of that, but listening to Williams speak, it’s clear that it’s less self-deprecation, and more a determination to make the most of her considerable talents and mentality. How, then, does that shape her focus heading into next season?
“I’ve been racing for GB for a few years now,” she explains, “and the route to a World Cup start for GB is definitely pretty challenging, and actually takes a bit longer than it might for some of the other nations on the circuit, but for me that’s actually a good thing.
“Of course I want a World Cup start, but I always want to wait until I’m ready to have a good result there. I don’t want to just be racing to come in at the bottom. I want to go there when I’m ready, and I think this is the first time I really feel that’s the case.”
For Williams, then, the British system is the right one for her, a sentiment that’s backed by strong British roots – born in London to British parents, before a relocation to North America at the age of two; a boyfriend based in Scotland, and regular training camps with the British team – and a well-established connection with Joe Davies, longstanding family friend Gabe Gledhill, and an early meeting with Andrew Musgrave some years ago as important in her integration into the team.
And for Britain, Williams feels like the right athlete at the right time. In an exceptional season for British skiers and snowboarders across the board, Williams’ performances stood out among a promising and fast-developing Cross-Country squad.
“Even from years ago, I always knew I wanted to race for GB,” she concludes. “I’ve really felt like I’m a part of the community, and it’s all been really positive. “I feel ready I’m ready for more now, ready to make that jump next season. Mine’s definitely been a bit of an unconventional path, for sure, but I’m glad I’ve been able to wait it out and get some good experiences under my belt. I’m just really glad for the path I’ve chos
As the season draws towards a close, British athletes continued to set new standards across Europe
Taylor takes double bronze at Telemark World championships
Jaz Taylor‘s incredible season continued at the Telemark World Championships with a brace of bronze medals in the Sprint and Classic disciplines.
Having shown imperious form throughout the season to lead the overall World Cup standings, Taylor’s competitive pedigree remained on full show at the 2025 Telemark World Championships as she secured third place finishes in two events alongside a fourth place in the Parallel Sprint. Remarkably Taylor’s showing marked the second time she has taken multiple medals at a single World Championships, having left the 2023 Murren World Championships with silver and bronze.
The Telemark calendar now shifts back to World Cup races, with a single meet left and the Overall Crystal Globe title still on the line, with Taylor holding the advantage against Argeline Tan Bouquet in second place.
Jeannesson records best ever British World Championships Moguls result
Mateo Jeannesson confirmed his status as one of Britain’s most exciting young talents, with the best ever result for a British Moguls skier at World Championships. Jeannesson’s fifth place in the Dual Moguls competition goes one better than the country’s previous best performances, set by Makayla Gerken Schofield in 2023 and Thomas Gerken Schofield in 2021.
Elsewhere in the Moguls competitions, there were top-30 finishes for Makayla Gerken-Schofield (23rd in Moguls, 27th in Dual Moguls) and Cali Carr on her World Championships debut (28th in Moguls, 25th in Dual Moguls).
Bronze for Bankes and Nightingale impresses in pre-World Championships World Cup
The Montafon Snowboard Cross World Cup saw impressive showings for Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale as both tuned up for the start of the SBX World Championships programme this week.
In the individual World Cup races, Bankes secured third spot and a sixth individual women’s World Cup podium, while in the Men’s contest Nightingale came in in 21st place, his joint highest World Cup finish of the season.
The Team event saw Bankes and Nightingale make it through to the Big Final before being pipped at the last stage, taking fourth place with a World Championships team event to follow this week.
Cross-Country World Cup season draws to a close with brace of top-10s
Andrew Musgrave and the Sprint team of James Clugnet and Andrew Young brought the Cross-Country World Cup season to a close with a brace of top-10 finishes in Lahti.
The Team Sprint saw Clugnet and Young ski with great skill and speed to book tenth place in a stacked field for the country’s highest Team Sprint finish this season, while the 50km C gave Musgrave a seventh top-10 finish of the season as he also finished in tenth position to close off another outstanding season for the pre-eminent British Cross-Country skier of his generation.
Slew of Slopestyle top-20s for World Championship Brits
The Freestyle World Championships Snowboard and Freeski Slopestyle contests delivered five top-20 finishes with Mia Brookes (6th), Kirsty Muir (6th), Maisie Hill (14th), Katie Ormerod (16th), and Chris McCormick (17th) all hitting the higher marks. For Brookes the result represented a good showing having been suffeirng with illness since the beginning of the Championships, while for Muir it marks another excellent performance in the context of her continued return from injury. Hill and Ormerod both looks in good form in the Snowboard field, while McCormick delivered an outstanding run with only one small mistake towards the end of the run denying him a place in Finals.
Meanwhile, Txema Mazet-Brown came in 45th, Tom Greenway 39th, and James Pouch 36th, while in Ski Cross Ollie Davies took 32nd and Scott Johns 36th.
Kirsty Muir topped the podium, Billy Major climbed into the top-10, Maisie Hill landed a career best World Cup result, and Mia Brookes took the overall Globe in another superb week for Brits on snow
Muir breaks new ground in Tignes
Kirsty Muir‘s comeback from injury went into overdrive at the Tignes Freeski Big Air and Slopestyle World Cup, with two Finals appearances culminating in a career first World Cup victory in Slopestyle.
Following a serious knee injury sustained in December 2023, Muir spent more than 14 months out of action before making an encouraging return at the Aspen World Cup in February, immediately returning to the top-10 with an eighth place finish in the Slopestyle contest. Following another top-10 in Stoneham in late February, Muir landed another in the Tignes Big Air competition, finishing seventh, before raising her game to new levels to finish top of the standings in the Slopestyle event.
Elsewhere in Tignes, the best British performance came from Chris McCormick with 25th place in the Men’s Slopestyle, with James Pouch also notching a top-30 finish, coming 29th in Big Air.
Mia Brookes misses Flachau, wins Crystal Globe, while Maisie Hill secures career best finish
Mia Brookes put the seal on a stunning World Cup season by taking the Overall Snowboard Park & Pipe Crystal Globe, despite missing out on the Flachau Slopestyle World Cup.
Brookes was one of a number of athletes who elected to sit out the season closing World Cup competition, which saw the Men’s competition abandoned due to declining conditions across the week, but with final results taken from qualification runs, Brookes nevertheless ended up clear at the top of the Crystal Globe standings, taking her first Overall title and her second Globe of the season following confirmation of the Big Air crown earlier in the season.
Maisie Hill, meanwhile, performed superbly to finish in fifth place off the back of a superb qualifying round which had put her into third spot in her heat, a result that gives the 24-year-old her best ever World Cup finish just a year on from her return from career-threatening injury.
Billy Major breaks top-10 with excellent performance in Hafjell
Billy Major‘s Slalom World Cup season drew to a close with a best-ever World Cup finish, finishing ninth in Hafjell.
Sitting 14th at the turn, Billy delivered the sixth fastest second run in the field to propel him into the top 10 of a World Cup for the first time in his career and put a proud finish to another excellent season for Britain’s Men’s Slalom World Cup team.
Dave Ryding took a ninth World Cup top 20 of the season with seventeenth spot, while Laurie Taylor recorded a first run DNF in a nevertheless excellent season.
Meenagh podiums in Torsby to end Para Biathlon season in top-3
Scott Meenagh notched his first Para Biathlon World Cup podium of the season in the final World Cup race of 2024/25, finishing third in the Torsby Sprint World Cup.
The result, which comes off the back of a season of remarkable consistency from Meenagh, helped propel him into the top-3 of the overall standings, and delivered a richly deserved podium moment for one of Britain’s most trailblazing para snowsport starts.
And the rest…
The Moguls World Cup season drew to a close with World Cup Finals in Livigno, taking place on the course scheduled to host the event at next year’s Olympic Winter Games. Mateo Jeannesson finished 19th in Dual Moguls and 29th in Individual Moguls, while Makayla Gerken Schofield finished 15th and 22nd in Duals and Individuals respectively.
The Cross-Country squad followed up their successful World Championships campaign with a return to the World Cup tour in Oslo, Andrew Young taking the team’s best result with a 32nd place finish in the 10km F.