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GBS Results Round-Up: Brits sparkle on podium-laden weekend
Pre-Christmas podium rush in excellent week for GBS athletes
Simpson and Poth take Gold in Courchevel
Neil Simpson and Rob Poth delivered a timely reminder of their class and racing capabilities at the Courchevel Para Alpine GS World Cup this week, securing Gold in the week’s second race, after a second run DNF when well positioned in the opening contest.
The result marks a first World Cup podium for Simpson since the 2022/23 season, having been absent from snow for the majority of the 2023/24 season, and provides a meaningful springboard back into elite competition as the clock ticks towards the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games, where he will be due to defend the Super-G title won alongside his brother, Andrew, in Beijing.
Atkin strikes Silver in Copper
Zoe Atkin delivered her finest performance of the season so far, and one of the best demonstrations of the richness of her talent as a Halfpipe skier, with a Silver medal winning show at the Copper Mountain Halfpipe World Cup.
Having finished outside of the podium positions in Cardrona and Secret Garden Atkin soared to her fourth World Cup podium of the calendar year in a brilliant contest that saw the Brit battling it out with China’s Eileen Gu and Cassie Sharpe of Canada in a contest which saw the rankings determined on the third and final run.
In the end, Atkin’s score of 89.75 was enough to hold off Sharpe, who secured third with an 89.00, and sat only marginally behind Gu whose first round score of 90.50 took the honours on the day.
In the Men’s Freeski contest, Liam Richards impressed again with a 16th place finish, while in Freestyle Snowboard, Siddhartha Ullah took the best result coming 23rd, with Aaron Wild and Gidget Holden also representing Britain in the men’s and women’s competitions respectively.
Taylor doubles up in Telemark Sprint opener
Jaz Taylor‘s reign as Telemark Crystal Globe holder got off to a strong start at the Pinzolo Sprint World Cup opening races, taking Gold and Bronze across the week’s two races.
At the venue which marked the springboard towards her overall title glory last season, Taylor’s racing instinct and technical strength was on clear display amid challenging conditions, with weather rapidly setting in.
The results leave Taylor top of the nascent Overall World Cup standings with two races completed, ahead of Bjoernstad Konow of Norway, and France’s Augustine Carliez and Argeline Tan who share third spot.
Elsewhere, Jamie Dykes, Josh Wisbey, Hamish Ross, and Matthew Deane all competed in the Men’s Sprint races, with Dykes’ second race 25th place the pick of the performances.
Ski Cross team impress in Arosa and Innichen
Ollie Davies and Scott Johns delivered impressive showings in Arosa and Innichen, with Davies landing two top-10 finishes, and Johns the highest World Cup finish of his career to date.
For Davies, the pick of the races was the first Innichen World Cup, which saw him take victory in the Small Final, securing fifth place and the second best World Cup finish of his career, behind his Reiteralm Silver medal in 2023. The Arosa World Cup, meanwhile, saw him clinch tenth spot and an at-the-time sixth top-10 World Cup finish, marking a promising return from the season’s early races.
Johns, meanwhile, in his first season of full-time World Cup racing managed a career-first top-30 finish and the first FIS World Cup points of his career with an excellent performance in Arosa, highlighting the 21-year-old’s excellent potential in only his sixth World Cup race.
Ryding lands yet another top-10 in Alta Badia
Dave Ryding continued to fly the flag for British Alpine skiing with a powerful top-10 finish in the Alta Badia Slalom. His eighth place finish, 2.04s behind race winner Timon Haugan, marked a third consecutive top-10 performance for the 38-year-old, putting him only one top-10 finish behind his overall record from last season with the majority of the race calendar still to come.
Fellow Brits Laurie Taylor and Billy Major took 32nd and 36th spots respectively, each narrowly missing out on a second run in the final pre-Christmas Slalom races.
Jeannesson 15th in Bakuriani
Mateo Jeannesson landed an impressive fifteenth place finish at the Bakuriani Dual Moguls World Cup, following up a 26th place finish in the individual Moguls the previous day.
