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Luca Carrick-Smith takes Junior World Championships Slalom bronze

First British Alpine World Junior Championships podium since 1984

Luca Carrick-Smith capped a sensational Alpine World Junior Championships for Britain’s Alpine team with a first British podium since Graham Bell took Downhill silver 41 years ago.

Sitting fourth at the turn, 19-year-old Luca delivered a sensational second run to propel him into third spot, less than half a second off the lead, and into British Alpine skiing history.

As well as marking Britain’s first Overall age category podium at an Alpine World Junior Championships since 1984, the result also gives Britain its first ever Slalom World Junior Championships medal, and comes amid a season of astonishing results in the Alpine ranks, ranging from Dave Ryding’s barnstorming sixth place and Reece Bell’s 20th spot at last month’s Alpine World Championships to the remarkable performances of Luca’s siblings Zak and Freddy Carrick-Smith at the European Youth Olympic Festival.

In the age-group rankings, Freddy Carrick-Smith’s overall seventh spot was enough to comfortably seize the U18 Men’s Slalom title, coming hot on the heels of his defence of the U18 GS title, a race which saw Jack Irving finish in fifth place, and three British men feature in the top-12.