Telemark star extends Overall standings lead
An 11th podium of the season extended Jaz Taylor’s lead in the Overall Telemark World Cup standings with silver in this morning’s Telemark Classic World Cup race in Pra Loup.
The first race of the Pra Loup meet saw a tight battle between Taylor and Augustine Carliez tip in the French skiers favour, with the British defending Crystal Globe holder finishing 2.29s behind Carliez in second, with Laly Chaucheprat taking a distant third some 5.5s behind Taylor.
Taylor’s Overall World Cup lead now stands at 115 points with four World Cup races to go, including Classic and Sprint races to follow this week in Pra Loup.
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.
Jaz Taylor’s latest World Cup win sees her extend Overall World Cup standings lead
Jaz Taylor continued her incredible Crystal Globe defence with a second consecutive World Cup victory in Krvarvec, the latest coming in the Classic discipline.
Coming hot off the back of her Sprint discipline win on Friday, Taylor’s latest victory saw her win out over Argeline Tan Bouquet in second with the French skiers’s counterpart, Lily Chaucheprat in third.
Taylor’s World Cup standings lead now sits at 85 points over Tan Bouquet, while she also leads the Sprint and Classic standings by 35 points and 10 points respectively, with the next World Cup races coming in Pra Loup on 10-14 March.
Back-to-back podiums for Telemark World Cup leader
Jaz Taylor added a second Telemark podium in two days with victory at the Krvavec Sprint World Cup this morning.
Having finished second to Argeline Tan Bouquet in yesterday’s races, Taylor turned the table on the French racer taking victory by a margin of 1.50s in the Slovenian resort, extending her leads in the Overall and Sprint World Cup standings in the process.
A 1:10.81s first run gave Taylor a margin of more than 2s against the rest of the field, ensuring Tan Bouquet’s field-leading second was insufficient to overtake Taylor, whose defence of last season’s Sprint and Overall Crystal Globes continues with 13 of 20 World Cup races complete.
Taylor’s season record now reads four victories and four further podiums as she looks to extend her record as the most successful British World Cup skier in history.
Crystal Globe defence continues with superb silver in Slovenia
Jaz Taylor’s Crystal Globe defence saw her rack up another World Cup podium at the Telemark Sprint World Cup with a second place finish in Krvarvec, Slovenia.
The result gives Taylor her eighth World Cup of the season and came in a performance which saw her finish just 0.22s behind race winner, Argeline Tan Bouquet of France with a finishing time of 2:14.56.
Taylor now sits 45 points clear in the Overall Telemark World Cup standings and 15 in the Sprint World Cup standings, both from Tan Bouquet of France with the remaining Krvarvec, Pra Loup, and Thyon 4 Vallees World Cup competitions still to come.
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.
Brit seals seventh podium of season
Jasmin Taylor secured a remarkable seventh podium of the 2024/25 season with Bronze in today’s Telemark Classic World Cup race in the Norwegian resort of Al.
Racing in the first Classic event of the season, Taylor’s third place finish came behind race winner Augustine Carliez of France and Norway’s Kaja Bjoernstad Konow in second, and follows on the back of consecutive fourth placed finishes for Britain’s most successful Telemark athlete of all time in the Sprint and Parallel Sprint events.
Taylor’s record for the season now reads seven podiums in eleven races and first place in the Telemark overall standings, as she looks to defend the Crystal Globe title she secured last season.
Podiums and accolades continue to amass for British skiers and snowboarders
Freddy Carrick-Smith opens Bakuriani Games with a bang
Freddy Carrick-Smith delivered a performance for the ages in the opening Alpine races of the Bakuriani European Youth Olympic Festival, taking Gold for Team GB.
Sitting second at the turn, Freddy delivered the fastest second run of the competition to take Gold in a strong field which included three other Brits, including twin brother Zak Carrick-Smith who finished in fifth.
Taylor takes sixth Telemark World Cup podium of season
Jaz Taylor‘s remarkable season continued in typically impressive form with third and fourth place at the weekend’s Sprint World Cup races in Trillevallen. After just missing out on the podium on the first day’s racing, Taylor roared back into the top-3 with a third place finish at the second of the weekend’s races, a result which marked her sixth World Cup podium of the season.
Mia Brookes’ Big Air Crystal Globe lends sparkling finish to Aspen world Cup
Mia Brookes’ incredible consistency on the Big Air World Cup stage was rewarded with a defence of the Crystal Globe she secured last year. Having elected to sit out the final Big Air World Cup of the season on the back of an intense recent schedule, Brookes nevertheless secured the Globe on the back of her World Cup wins in Klagenfurt and Beijing.
Elsewhere in Aspen, Maisie Hill came 17th in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air, Txema Mazet Brown was 50th in the Men’s competition, Kirsty Muir continued her injury comeback with 12th place in the Freeski Big Air, with Caoimhe Heavey in 16th, while Chris McCormick, James Pouch, and Tom Greenway were 24th, 28th, and 31st respectively in the Men’s competition.
Steudle impresses at Alpine World Championships before injury curtails campaign
Roy Steudle was the pick of the British athletes in the first week of the Alpine World Championships in Saalbach, taking 29th place in the Men’s Super-G and giving Britain it’s best result in the event since 2009 in the process. He was joined in the top-40 by Owen VInter who skied impressively to come in in 37th spot.
Unfortunately, Steudle’s World Championships campaign subsequently came to a premature end after sustaining an injury in Downhill Training which ruled him out of the main race and also the Team Combined.
Elsewhere in the first week, the British team of Giselle Gorringe, Lois Jackson, Calum Langmuir, and Owen Vinter finished 14th in Team Parallel after a tough draw against an experienced French team, while Gorringe notched a DNF in Super-G after losing a ski early in the race.
Young Guns impress in Schilpario Cross-Country Championships
The future of Britain’s Cross-Country team looks in good hands after an excellent week of performances from the Junior and U23 squads athe World Junior and U23 Cross-Country Championships in Schilpario.
There were impressive results across the week, but highlights came with a tenth placed finish in the Mixed Relay, coming through from a starting position of 16th, and finishing just behind Canada and the USA.
Elsewhere, Tabitha Williams and Gabe Gledhill delivered strong performances in the U23 10k Interval Start, finishing 19th and 20th respectively.
Nightingale grabs maiden Europa Cup victory
Huw Nightingale took a first career Snowboard Cross Europa Cup victory in Reiteralm. In a strong field comprising youthful and experienced SBX competitors, Nightingale raced brilliantly to come through in a tightly contested Big Final to top the podium in a result which marked a first individual podium since coming second and third in Junior races in Isola 2000 in 2021.
Meenagh delivers solid World Championship showing in Pokljuka
Scott Meenagh’s Para Biathlon World Championships campaign finishing 9th, 7th, and 8th across the competition’s three races.
Scott’s final race, the Individual Biathlon, probably came closest to a podium, where one missed shot out of 20 taken proved to be the difference between his top-10 finish and a podium position.
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Jaz Taylor added another Sprint podium at a thrilling race in Trillevallen
Jaz Taylor added the sixth podium of a remarkable season at today’s Trillevallen Telemark Sprint World Cup with a battling third place finish.
Fresh off a fourth place in the preceding day’s races, Taylor’s bronze medal finish came behind the French pair of Laly Chaucheprat in first and Angeline Tan Bouquet in second, with the Brit’s time of 1:48.59 putting her just 2.60s off first place.
Taylor now boasts six podiums from eight World Cup races this season and stands top of the overall Telemark World Cup standings, 50 points clear of second placed Tan Bouquet, while she also tops the Sprint standings with Chaucheprat 44 points behind her.
The Telemark circuit next moves to the Norwegian resort of Al for races across 14-16 February, before a break until early March.