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.
Britain’s superb 2025 continued with World Cup, World championships, and Junior world Championships successes
Bankes’ brilliance returns fifth World Cup gold of season
Charlotte Bankes demonstrated the skill and resilience that makes her one of Britain’s greatest contemporary athletes with a fifth World Cup victory of the season in the second of the weekend’s two World Cup races in Gudauri, Georgia.
A shock qualification stage elimination in the first of the weekend’s races was put swiftly in the rear-view mirror as Bankes showed her trademark dominance to come through the second of the weekend’s double header contests in first place, giving her a commanding lead in the overall standings in the process.
In the Men’s competitions, Huw Nightingale delivered one of his best performances of the season to finish in the top-30 for the third time this season, taking 28th place following a 1/8th final stage exit.
Cross-Country team secure three top-10 World Championships finishes
The Trondheim Cross-Country World Championships drew to a close at the weekend with Britain delivering a raft of memorable results, including three top-10 finishes across the Championships.
Andrew Musgrave secured the best result of the competition, with sixth place in the 50k Free providing a best British individual World Championships result since 2017. Elsewhere, a monumental effort in the Relay saw Musgrave, James Clugnet, Gabriel Gledhill, and Andrew Young take ninth place, while Joe Davies was in excellent form in the Skiathlon on his way to a 24th place finish.
Read our dedicated Cross-Country World Championships round-up here.
Alpine next generation make history in Tarvisio
The next generation of British Alpine skiers showed superb form in the Tarvisio World Junior Championships, as the team demonstrated why there’s so much excitement building around the future of British Alpine skiing.
Leading the charge was Luca Carrick-Smith, whose bronze medal winning performance in the Men’s Slalom gave Britain its first Alpine World Junior Championships podium since Graham Bell took Downhill silver in 1984.
In the U18s category, Freddy Carrick-Smith secured U18 titles in Slalom and GS, the latter coming in a race which saw three Brits in the top-12 including Jack Irving whose fifth place finish had been the best British Alpine World Junior Championships result since Chemmy Alcott’s fourth place in 2002, prior to Luca’s podium on the final day’s racing.
Taylor dominates in Krvarvec
Jaz Taylor‘s incredible run of form continued in the Slovenian resort of Krvarvec, as she returned a silver and two gold medals from two Sprint events and one Classic race, extending her lead in the overall Telemark World Cup standings in the process.
Indeed, so remarkable is Taylor’s form that she currently stands atop the Overall, Sprint, and Classic leaderboards with a remarkable ten World Cup podiums with fourteen of the season’s twenty World Cup competitions completed.
Meenagh fourth in Para Biathlon World Cup
Scott Meenagh finished just outside of the podium places at the Torsby Para Biathlon World Cup, coming fourth in the 12.5km Individual races over the weekend.
The result adds to an encouraging body of work for Meenagh in Para Biathlon this season, which has seen him edging ever closer to the podium with strong skiing and excellent shooting execution.
Carpenter into top 10 in Alpine Snowboard World junior Championships
Sam Carpenter showed his rich promise in at the Alpine Snowboard World Junior Championships with a seventh place finish in the Parallel Slalom in Zakopane/Suche.
The result comes in 18-year-old Carpenter’s fourth appearance at a World Junior Championships, and marks his best result at that level, coming hot on the heels of a breakthrough FIS level victory in Val Saint Come last month.
Top 10s in Team Relay, Skiathlon, and 50k confirm team’s ability to compete at highest level
The Trondheim Cross-Country World Championships drew to a close at the weekend with Britain delivering a raft of memorable results, including three top-10 finishes across the Championships.
Andrew Musgrave was at the heart of Britain’s charge, sealing sixth place in the 50k Free for a best British Cross-Country World Championships result since 2017, while also claiming seventh in the 20km Skiathlon, and skiing as part of the Relay team which secured ninth spot alongside James Clugnet, Gabriel Gledhill, and Andrew Young.
The 50k also saw Young finish in 31st spot, just 0.2s outside of the top-30, with Clugnet in 42nd and Gledhill in 56th spot, while Clugnet secured a top-20 berth in the Sprint F races, coming in in 19th position.
In his only race of the Championships, Joe Davies took an impressive 24th place in the Skiathlon, less than 15s outside of the top-20 with only two younger athletes in the field finishing in higher positions than the 24-year-old Briton.
The team’s performances in Trondheim represent a continuation of the excellent performances from the Cross-Country squad this season, which have included bright showings at the World Junior Championships, career-best World Cup finishes for Davies, and a fifth career World Cup podium for Musgrave.
Britain added three more World Cup podiums on another impressive week of action
Bankes and Nightingale take Turkish podiums
An impressive weekend of Snowboard Cross performances yielded podiums in the Women’s and Team events, with Charlotte Bankes continuing her run of dominant form.
In the individual competitions, Bankes was once again flawless as she executed a well-developed race strategy to secure Gold in the women’s competition, taking a fourth consecutive World Cup win in the process. Having finished fourth in the season’s opening competition, Bankes hasn’t missed a beat since and currently sits atop the overall standings with the World Cup season now more than halfway to completion.
The following day’s Team event saw Bankes and Huw Nightingale combine for a superb Silver medal winning performance behind a highly-rated Australian team. The result continues a rich vein of form for Bankes and Nightingale in the team event, with sights firmly set on the next Team race in Montafon before the pair set out to defend their Team World Championships title in St Moritz.
Barnes-Miller secures first World Cup podium of season in Steamboat
James Barnes-Miller grabbed his first Para Snowboard World Cup podium of the 2024-25 season with a third-place finish in the Snowboard Cross event in Steamboat, Colorado.
Having finished fifth in the week’s opening races, Barnes-Miller broke through into the Big Final in the second of the double-header competition, before coming through in third place to notch his first podium appearance this season.
In the women’s races, Nina Sparks took a heavy fall in the opening competition on her way to consecutive eighth-place finishes, with the team now set to be reunited with fellow World Cup squad members Ollie Hill and Matt Hamilton for the Para Snowboard World Championships in Big White, Canada, which kick off this week.
Musgrave and Clugnet impress in Trondheim
Andrew Musgrave and James Clugnet were the pick of the performances in the opening races of the 2025 Cross-Country World Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 20km Skiathlon and 19th place in the Sprint Free respectively.
In a nail-biting Skiathlon race, Musgrave was right up in the leading pack from the midway point, leading with 2.5km to go before a brutally fast finish saw him nudged back into seventh place for a result which confirms his continued status as one of the world’s top Cross-Country skiers.
In the opening races of the Championships, James Clugnet demonstrated his enduring Sprint capabilities with a top 20 placing in the Sprint Free event, registering one of the best British Sprint results of the season to date in the process.
Elsewhere, Joe Davies looked in excellent form in his sole World Championships appearance finishing 24th in the Skiathlon, with Gabriel Gledhill taking 55th spot.
Jeannesson at the double in Almaty
Mateo Jeannesson delivered another pair of solid performances at the Almaty Mogul World Cups, landing 15th in Dual Moguls and 24th in Individual Moguls. In a season where Jeannesson has delivered consistent top-30 finishes, the 20-year-old’s Almaty performances continued to show why he is rated as one of the sport’s brightest young talents, and a real prospect in the coming seasons.
Two top 30s for Brits in Kranjska Gora
Billy Major and Dave Ryding secured top 30 berths in the Kranjska Gora Slalom, with Laurie Taylor narrowly missing out on the second run with a 33rd place finish.
On a famously challenging surface, Major was the pick of the Brits coming 22nd after a solid second run performance, with Ryding marginally back from him in 24th spot.
Davies and Johns both in top 30 in Gudauri
Ollie Davies and Scott Johns both featured in the top 30 in the Gudauri Ski Cross World Cup races, finishing 29th and 30th respectively in the second of the weekend double header.
Having struggled in qualification for the first World Cup, the British pair looked in immediately better form in the second coming through comfortably in qualification, before delivering solid races to finish inside the top 30 positions in the Georgian resort.
Four-man British team set for action in Trondheim
The 2025 Cross-Country World Championships will be available for British viewers to follow in full via Discovery+.
British interest in the Championships will come from a four-man team of James Clugnet, Joe Davies, Andrew Musgrave, and Andrew Young scheduled to compete across the Sprint F, 20km Skiathlon, 10km C, Team Sprint C, Relay, and 50km events in an event which marks the biggest Cross-Country competition before next year’s Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina.
The 2025 World Championships will take place in familiar terrain with multiple members of the British team living and training in Trondheim, and stands as a happy hunting ground for Andrew Musgrave who claimed his best World Cup result to date in the city’s 2023 Skiathlon World Cup which saw him finish in second place.
To follow all the action live, visit www.discoveryplus.com where subscribers can access live coverage of every single competition at this year’s World Championships.
History rewritten as GB Snowsport athletes deliver series of stunning performances
Britain’s ski and snowboard athletes delivered one of the greatest weekends of action in living memory with a series of stunning performances across multiple disciplines.
Slalom teams rewrite history books in Saalbach
An already promising Alpine World Championships featuring strong performances in Speed led by Roy-Alexander Steudle went into overdrive in the closing Tech races. After a strong platoon performance in the Men’s and Women’s Giant Slalom races headlined by Molly Butler‘s 34th place finish, the Women’s and Men’s Slalom teams rewrote history across two stunning days in Saalbach.
First in the Women’s Slalom, Reece Bell delivered on her exceptional promise with a 20th place finish which marked Britain’s best result in the competition since Emma Carrick-Anderson’s 11th place in 1997 with Victoria Palla finishing in 23rd to give the nation its first double top-30 performance since 1993.
The following day’s Men’s Slalom saw history further rewritten as Dave Ryding secured the best result in a Men’s Alpine World Championships since 1934 taking sixth on the back of a barnstorming second run performance. Ryding was joined in the top-20 by Billy Major, whose 15th place finish included the fourth fastest second run in the entire field.
Atkin second in Calgary, shares Halfpipe Crystal Globe
Zoe Atkin‘s Halfpipe World Cup campaign delivered yet another podium with a second place finish in the Calgary Halfpipe World Cup and a share in the 2024/25 Crystal Globe alongside China’s Li Fanghui.
Atkin’s season record now stands at three podiums from five World Cup competitions, Silver medal winning performances in Copper and Calgary bookending a first World Cup victory in more than five years in Aspen at the start of February.
Atkin’s performances landed a second British Crystal Globe of the season following Mia Brookes’ Snowboard Big Air title.
There was more to celebrate in Calgary as Liam Richards made a World Cup Finals for the first time in his career, skiing brilliantly to secure a 13th place finish and continue his extraordinary trajectory in a stacked Men’s Halfpipe field.
Bankes’ brilliance continues in Cortina
Charlotte Bankes notched a third consecutive Snowboard Cross World Cup victory with a brilliantly orchestrated race in Cortina.
With a strategy built on express pace in the latter half of the circuit, Bankes battled back from trailing positions in the Quarter, Semi, and Big Final races to charge through for a third World Cup win of the season and a renewed demonstration of her racing prowess and ability to carve out results from within the most competitive fields.
Bankes now leads the Women’s SBX standings by 65 points from Lea Casta of France in second, and sits 100 points ahead of Australian Josie Baff in third.
Taylor’s Telemark season delivers yet another podium in Al
Jaz Taylor added to her proud Telemark World Cup podium record with a superb third place finish at the Al Classic World Cup, backing up a brace of fourth place finishes in the Sprint and Parallel Sprint races.
The latest performance marks a seventh World Cup podium of the season for Britain’s greatest ever Telemark skier, with World Cup Finals and a World Championships to follow.
Young talent excels at EYOF
The 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival concluded with five British snowsport medals highlighting the rich potential of the next generation of British ski and snowboard talent.
Following Freddy Carrick-Smith‘s GS gold in the opening days of competition, Zak Carrick-Smith made it two with Slalom bronze, before Sandra Caune seized a brace of medals with bronze in Freeski Slopestyle and gold in Freeski Big Air, the latter of which was matched by Emily Rothney in the Freestyle Snowboard competition.
The results mark an outstanding return for a talented team that travelled to Bakuriani, with the promise of more to come in the future.
Davies impresses in Falun Cross-Country World Cup
Joe Davies‘ excellent season continued with the two best British results at the Falun Cross-Country World Cup, headlined by an 18th place finish in the 20km F Mst event. Andrew Young made it two Brits in the top-30, coming in in 29th place.