Overall Freeski Park & Pipe Globe and SBX Globe add further glamour to sparkling season
Kirsty Muir and Charlotte Bankes both secured historic Crystal Globe honours on another history-making day for British ski and snowboard athletes.
In Silvaplana, Muir ended a weather-affected final Slopestyle World Cup of the season with silver and a fourth World Cup podium of the season to secure double Crystal Globe honours, taking both the Freeski Slopestyle and Freeski Overall Park & Pipe titles for the first time in her career.
A dominant figure across the World Cup season, Muir’s titles were built on Big Air World Cup gold in Secret Garden in November, followed by a brace of Slopestyle victories in Snowmass and Tignes, bookmarking an Olympic Winter Games campaign which saw the 21-year-old finish fourth in both of her events.
Silver in Silvaplana ensured she would finish 69 points clear of Canada’s Elena Gaskell in the Slopestyle standings, and with an insurmountable lead in the Overall standings, marking the first time the Scottish sensation has taken Crystal Globe honours.
For Bankes, Crystal Globe titles are no stranger, having lifted the SBX trophy in both 2022 and 2023. Her third career Globe came having begun the day’s racing in Mt St Anne at the top of the standings, before coming through for her fifth individual podium and third victory of the 2026 season, adding to Team SBX wins alongside Huw Nightingale in the Cervinia World Cup in December and, most famously, at the Olympic Winter Games last month.
Bankes’ victory cements her position as one of Britain’s finest ever snowsport athletes, and one of the greatest Snowboard Cross racers of all time with a scarcely credible thirty World Cup victories now to her name.
GB Snowsport Chief Executive Vicky Gosling said: “To see British athletes lifting three Crystal Globes on a single day is a remarkable achievement, and yet another milestone on the incredible journey we’ve been on as a winter sport nation over the past eight years.
“Kirsty and Charlotte deserve an extraordinary amount of praise for their performances across this season and across the past four years as a whole, as do their coaches, support staff, and the entire team around them.
“These results, coming off the back of Britain’s best ever Olympic Winter Games, show once again that British snowsport is in good hands, and promises more extraordinary accomplishments in the years to come.”
Head Coach Pat Sharples added: “I don’t think there could have been a better way for Charlotte and Kirsty to end their seasons than we’ve seen today, both taking away Crystal Globes. It shows their consistency against the best in the world right through this whole season.
“It’s absolutely fantastic, and we’re incredibly proud of both of them, as well as the whole wider GB Snowsport coaching and support team who’ve worked tirelessly through this whole winter. The entire team have done an incredible job, and to end the season on a high like this is just reward for all the hard work from everyone involved with GB Snowsport.”
Milano-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games draw to a close, while Charlotte Bankes and Freddy Carrick-Smith take World Cup and World Junior Championships podiums
Simpson and Poth named flagbearers as Milano-Cortina Games draw to a close
Neil SImpson and Rob Poth, ParalympicsGB’s sole medal winners at the Milano-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games, were named as Closing Ceremony flagbearers as the 2026 Games drew to a close. Silver medallists in the Alpine Combined event, the pair experienced a frustrating end to the Games’ races with a DNF in the VI Slalom, before carrying the flag alongside curler Jo Butterfield.
Elsewhere, Brits pointed to a promising future in the final weekend of Paralympic Games skiing action with strong showings from a young Para Alpine cohort including Dom Allen, Sam Cozens, Hester Poole, and an impressive final race of the Games from Menna Fitzpatrick. Scott Meenagh, meanwhile, drew his storied Paralympic Winter Games career to a close, the legendary sit skier bringing to an end a journey which broke the mould for Britain’s standing in Para Nordic skiing.
Bankes soars to top of SBX standings with Montafon World Cup bronze
Charlotte Bankes’ bid for a third career Snowboard Cross Crystal Globe received a boost as she finished third at the Montafon World Cup, leaping rival Lea Casta to top the standings in the process.
After battling through qualifiers in twelfth position, Bankes’ raced with her customary nous and determination to reach the Big Final, holding on for bronze after a difficult start. With previous overall leader Casta finishing seventh, Bankes now sits thirteen points clear at the top of the table on 373, with Casta on 360, and Australia’s Josie Baff third on 339.
Freddy Carrick-Smith seals World Junior Championships silver
Freddy Carrick-Smith added another notch to his impressive Alpine track record with silver in the Men’s Alpine WJC Slalom. Carrick-Smith, who sat in second behind brother Luca at the turn, put down a composed second run to seal a first World Junior Championships podium of his career, and cement his standing as one of Britain’s most promising Alpine skiers in a generation.
Elsewhere, Zak Carrick-Smith also skied into a top-10 finish in the GS after a blistering second run performance saw him catapult up the standings from a mid-20s berth to the top-10.
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Jaz Taylor finished just outside the podiums in the latest round of Telemark World Cup races, coming fourth in Parallel Sprint in Bardonecchia…
Andrew Musgrave was the pick of the Cross-Country World Cup showings, finishing 23rd in the Men’s 50k Mass Start in Oslo…
Ollie Davies secured a top-30 berth in the Montafon Ski Cross World Cup, finishing in 29th position.
Milano-Cortina gold medallist takes victory on return to World Cup circuit
Charlotte Bankes marked her return to the World Cup circuit with victory in the second of back-to-back Snowboard Cross World Cup races in the Turkish resort of Erzurum.
After an uncharacteristic early elimination in the first of the weekend’s races, Bankes stormed back to her usual dominant form to seal victory with a photo finish in the Big Final, ahead of French racer Lea Casta. Noemie Wiedmer of Switzerland completed the podium, with France’s Manon Petit Lenoir in fourth.
Victory gave Bankes a second individual World Cup win of the 2026 season after January’s Dongbeiya World Cup race, alongside two Team SBX victories, in the Cervinia World Cup in December and, historically, in Livigno at last month’s Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
Bankes now sits second in the overall World Cup standings on 313 points, just 11 points Casta in the race for the 2026 Crystal Globe.
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.
Team SBX win delivers first ever British Olympic Gold on snow
Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale made history with a first ever British Olympic gold medal on snow, as they took victory in the Milano-Cortina 2026 Team Snowboard Cross event.
After disappointment in the individual events on Thursday and Friday, Bankes and Nightingale proved dominant in the Team event, delivering outstanding performances in the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, and Big Final to secure a first British snowsport medal of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, and a second Team GB gold following Matt Weston’s Skeleton victory on Friday.
The pair, who also won the Team SBX World Championships in 2023, have now cemented their place in British Olympic history and proven Britain’s ability to mix it with the very best snowsport athletes in the world.
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.
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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.
Snowboard Cross star takes first solo World Cup victory since shoulder injury
Charlotte Bankes returned to the top of the Snowboard Cross World Cup podium with a dominant performance in the Chinese resort of Dongbeiya.
The fastest athlete in the field through qualification, Bankes took control of the knockout stages immediately, finishing in first place in both the quarter and semi-final contests, putting her into the Big Final line-up alongside Josie Baff, Chloe Trespeuch, and Michela Moioli.
The Big Final itself saw Bankes display her trademark speed and racing nous to power through in first place ahead of Baff and Trespeuch, with Moioli coming through in fourth spot. The result gives Bankes a first individual World Cup podium since taking bronze at the Montafon World Cup in March, a first victory since the Gudauri World Cup in the same month, and confirms her return to the top of the sport following the shoulder injury she sustained in training for the final race of last season.
Speaking afterwards, Charlotte said:
“I had a good day today, tight racing on quite a short course. I knew the bottom section was going to be important, but I wanted to make the most of the turns at the top knowing that’s where I could build an advantage up.
“My quarter and semi races both had good parts, but I didn’t feel they were fully executed runs. That’s what makes me even more satisfied with the final, because we knew staying in fronf with the draft was going to be difficult.
“Being back with the win is great. It’s not been a smooth journey, but the support from the team, especially Jerome [Choupin – GB Snowsport SBX Head Coach] has been vital to be where I’m at now. I’ve been fast in training, but it’s important to pull it off in the race where it counts.
“It was also great to see Huw’s speed in qualis yesterday, and today he was right in the mix. He’s right there, and about to pull of a really good result, and hopefully that comes tomorrow.”
Simpson adds Super-G Silver to double Downhill Bronze
Neil Simpson took his third World Cup podium of the week with silver in the Saalbach World Cup Super G races yesterday.
Racing alongside guide Rob Poth, Simpson displayed impressive pace and control to take his first ever Super G World Cup podium, and his fourth career major podium in the discipline in which he won gold at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games and the 2023 World Championships.
The result caps a remarkable week of sustained success for the 23-year-old Scot, which saw him seal bronze medals in the back-to-back Downhill World Cup races.
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.
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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.