Results Round-Up: Bankes and Carrick-Smith podium, Para squad point to bright future

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.